The Leonard and Kathleen O'Brien Humanitarian Trust
Charitable organization · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 890126485RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($108,305) as filed with the CRA.
The Leonard and Kathleen O'Brien Humanitarian Trust is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $438K in revenue and $108K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $79K in 2020 to $438K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We provide scholarships for post secondary education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $438K | $108K | — | — | $85K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $179K | $134K | — | — | $85K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $87K | $377K | $88K | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $420K | $100K | $75K | — | $0 | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $79K | $135K | $70K | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Trenholm (trustee and treasurer); Gordon Thomson (trustee and chair emeratis); Richard Hornsby (trustee); Edmund Biden (trustee); Michelle Nowlan (executive director); Faith Matchett (finance chair); Loiselle Andre (chair selection committee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Leonard and Kathleen O'Brien Humanitarian Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890126485RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.