Better Living Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 896696804RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($849,876) as filed with the CRA.
Better Living Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $850K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Better living charitable foundation focuses on providing support to the programs and services offered by better living health and community services and better living at thompson house. In order for better living health and community services to provide the array of programs and services to individuals and families in the don mills and surrounding community in the newmarket area supporting margaret bahen residential hospice and doane house hospice and to maintain the high quality service that we provide we rely on the generous support of individuals and corporations in the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $850K | — | $70K | $354K | $470K |
| 2023 | $1M | $897K | $0 | $66K | $349K | $297K |
| 2022 | $889K | $1.1M | $100K | $69K | $697K | $114K |
| 2021 | $1M | $898K | $97K | $63K | $399K | $355K |
| 2020 | $986K | $793K | $109K | $35K | $379K | $249K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 13 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$10K
- Trotter Family Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,506
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,345
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,077
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,210
- Aurora Seniors Association$1,000
- McDonald Family Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Oak Ridges Christian Fellowship Foundation$1,000
- Rick's Heart Foundation$270
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$256K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Farmer (secretary/treasurer); Randy Goodman (chair); Caterina Valentino (director); Mary Ann Kim (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Better Living Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896696804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.