The Sally Letson Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 132321696RR0001 · Research
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($96,181) as filed with the CRA.
The Sally Letson Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $170K in revenue and $96K 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 34% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $70K in 2024, the largest being $70K to The Ottawa Hospital/l'hopital d'Ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $34K in 2020 to $170K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provide funds for the annual sally letson symposim the sally letson library and the ottawa hospital
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $170K | $96K | — | — | $70K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $86K | $164K | — | — | $60K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $130K | $113K | — | — | $57K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $318K | $76K | — | — | $53K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $34K | $143K | — | — | $52K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $70K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colin Baxter (secretary); John Watson (director); Brian Leonard (director); Kashif Baig (executive director); James Morrisey (treasurer); Steven Gillberg (director); Mike Dollin (director); Stephanie Young (president); Michael Connor (director); Setareh Ziai (director); David Maberley (director); Abdalla Barqawi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sally Letson Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132321696RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.