The Leighton Foundation
Charitable organization · Foothills, Alberta · BN 119241917RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($899,122) as filed with the CRA.
The Leighton Foundation is a charitable organization based in Foothills, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $908K in revenue and $899K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $66K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Encouragement and support of local canadian artists art and nature educational workshops for children and adults summer camps for children. Repository for historical items and art of ac and (...).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $908K | $899K | $804K | $16K | — | $145K |
| 2023 | $975K | $1.1M | $897K | $119K | — | $136K |
| 2022 | $991K | $1.1M | $876K | $125K | — | $256K |
| 2021 | $810K | $771K | $662K | $23K | — | $345K |
| 2020 | $740K | $694K | $557K | $21K | — | $289K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $66K from 7 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$44K
- Rozsa Foundation$9,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,563
- Carthy Foundation$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,073
- M-E Squared Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$372K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Conway (director/chair); Jodi Currie (chair); Jody Germaine (secretary); Grant Waddell (director); James Midwinter (director); Zoe Laycock (director); Robin Hopkins (director); Lori Anderson (director); Gorgine Ulmer (director); Darryl Lindenbach (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Leighton Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119241917RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.