Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Connect 4 Life

Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 848974648RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website

Your $100, itemizedConnect 4 LifeFiscal year ended December 31, 2024
Charitable programs$81
Management & admin$19
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($75,120) as filed with the CRA.

Connect 4 Life is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $66K in revenue and $75K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.

In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.

Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.

Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13K in 2020 to $66K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.

In its own words

Broadcast training programs life skills training programs providing advocay and referral and our radio station voices 4 ability.

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 20202024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$66K$75K$61K$430
2023$97K$120K$82K$0$11K
2022$37K$34K$0
2021$83K$78K$69K$0$16K
2020$13K$7,415$5,944$11K

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $40,000–79,9991 position
  • Permanent full-time positions1
  • Total compensation, all staff$59K

Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Marc Brown (executive director); Viktoria Drozdiak (secretary); Peter Drozdiak (board chair); Joy Al-Sandy (volunteer coordinator); Zhihui Jiang (treasurer); Robert Whelan (sales marketing director); Steven Christianson (government relation advisor); Abi Pannerthasan (donor relation director); Armaanpreet Dhillon (communication director).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Connect 4 Life’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848974648RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.