Friends for Life International
Charitable organization · Kanata, Ontario · BN 805860715RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($68,361) as filed with the CRA.
Friends for Life International is a charitable organization based in Kanata, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $74K in revenue and $68K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $38K in 2024, the largest being $38K to Grey Sisters Dominican Republic. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $28K in 2020 to $74K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
To provide timely and ongoing humanitarian aid for the poor people in the Yamasa area of the Dominican Republic. The aid consists of providing free medical services medication vitamins audiology devices health education basic skills training friendship and hope.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $74K | $68K | $30K | — | $38K | $93K |
| 2023 | $67K | $36K | $23K | — | $13K | $87K |
| 2022 | $70K | $55K | $35K | — | $20K | $55K |
| 2021 | $26K | $27K | $862 | — | $26K | $40K |
| 2020 | $28K | $31K | $1,171 | — | $30K | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $27K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lynn Keon (director/secretary); Marie McCarron (director/vice-chair); Richard Fiala (director); Kathryn Bennett (director); Karen Kutschke (director/treasurer); Eric McKeown (director/chair); Ronald Bartman (director); Richard Perkins (director); Vincent Levesque (director); Lousie Fiala (director); Ana Mercedes de la Cruz Tineo (director); Wilton Manzueta Hernandez (director); Bailey Davidson (director); Andrea Waldrum (director); Patricia Cameron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends for Life International’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805860715RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.