The Tree of Life Foundation Inc.
Private foundation · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 876536806RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,143,168) as filed with the CRA.
The Tree of Life Foundation Inc. is a private foundation based in Regina, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $14.4M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% 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 11 qualified donees totalling $881K in 2024, the largest being $247K to Canadian Women's Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $14.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes charitable disbursements to worthwhile causes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.4M | $1.1M | $190K | — | $953K | $35.7M |
| 2023 | $12.3M | $821K | $89K | — | $732K | $23.9M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.1M | $11.8M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $474K | — | — | $375K | $11.5M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $235K | — | — | $230K | $9.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $881K to 11 qualified donees:
- Canadian Women's Foundation$247K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$125K
- Annaumakkaijiit Community Foundation$125K
- Save the Children Canada/aide À l'Enfance Canada$100K
- PIH Partners In Health Canada$100K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$50K
- Luther College Regina$44K
- Birth Mark$35K
- YWCA Regina Inc.$25K
- Indspire$25K
- The Killarney Foundation Inc.$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$38K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Megan Kusisto (executive director); Brian Kusisto (director); Jillian Armitage (director); Laura Kusisto (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Tree of Life Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876536806RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.