Events for Life Centre Inc.
Charitable organization · Thornbury, Ontario · BN 796536290RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($631,305) as filed with the CRA.
Events for Life Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thornbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $666K in revenue and $631K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $70K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $309K in 2020 to $666K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We provide day programs and social events (virtual and in person) for people with developmental disabilities offering academic life skills recreational/leisure and physical fitness activities in a place that is supportive safe fun and appropriate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $666K | $631K | $469K | $12K | — | $473K |
| 2023 | $679K | $571K | $422K | $10K | — | $439K |
| 2022 | $472K | $467K | $324K | $11K | — | $331K |
| 2021 | $379K | $311K | $188K | $7,295 | — | $326K |
| 2020 | $309K | $289K | $204K | $4,863 | — | $258K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $70K from 9 charities:
- Unity for Autism$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$10K
- THE McFARLANE FAMILY FOUNDATION$3,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Community Foundation Grey Bruce$1,500
- The Rupert and Timothy Smith Charitable Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$407
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$485K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Butler (past chair); Melanie Johns (director); Kevin Whyte (chair); Katie Sherk (secretary); Gary Wilson (treasurer); Barb Weeden (executive director); Kelly Williams (director); Christine Lasky (director); Anna Gordon (director); Kathy Dewling (director); Marla Simon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Events for Life Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 796536290RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.