Connect 4 Life
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 848974648RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
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, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net 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
Received $42K from 4 charities:
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.