Choose Life Elgin
Charitable organization · ST Thomas, Ontario · BN 119119915RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($81,040) as filed with the CRA.
Choose Life Elgin is a charitable organization based in ST Thomas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $118K in revenue and $81K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $31K in 2020 to $118K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To educate and inform others of the sanctity of all human life from cconception to natural death. Speak in schools upon request. Provide educational materials to the public. Make referrrals for women in crisis pregnancies where possible. Provide other measures of support for pregnant mothers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $118K | $81K | $32K | $43K | — | $72K |
| 2023 | $63K | $76K | $49K | — | — | $35K |
| 2022 | $64K | $28K | $5,993 | — | $800 | $49K |
| 2021 | $22K | $21K | $644 | — | $3,800 | $11K |
| 2020 | $31K | $32K | $16K | — | — | $10K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 12 charities:
- Aylmer Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church$6,841
- Free Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$3,896
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,648
- Bethel United Reformed Church of Woodstock$1,882
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$1,304
- Christian Reformed Church of Aylmer$1,239
- Redemption Bible Chapel ST. Thomas$1,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$627
- Fellowship Christian Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$390
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$320
- Rodney Community Christian Mission$200
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$187
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$23K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Martin Evers (treasurer); Cheryl Muma (chair secretary); Rachel White (director); Daniel Carter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Choose Life Elgin’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119119915RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.