L I F E Recovery Association
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 867131351RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,605,685) as filed with the CRA.
L I F E Recovery Association is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $98K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
LIFE Recovery Association is a multi-denominational Christian organization focused on providing safe structured abstinence-based recovery programs for women. The First Stage house is registered under Assisted Living for 18 beds. Second Stage Melmar hosts up to 5 clients Second Stage Westerly houses up to 6 clients and Sober Living currently hosts 3 residents. Length of stay varies from months to years depending on the needs of the individual woman. We offer a continuum of recovery care services that include: 1:1 & group counseling in-home and community based activities geared to addressi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $85K | $0 | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $50K | $0 | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $994K | $36K | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $948K | $23K | — | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $836K | $55K | $0 | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $98K from 20 charities:
- Benchmark Properties Charitable Foundation$25K
- Infinity Heart & Soul Foundation$23K
- The Foundation Office.ca$10K
- Christian Stewardship Services$8,480
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,200
- Gateway Community Christian Reformed Church$3,658
- Mercy Multiplied Canada Society$3,000
- Wagner Hills Farm Society$2,900
- J. and J. Pruim Foundation$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,497
- Van Der Ende Charitable Foundation$2,000
- New Life Christian Reformed Church$1,980
- Fleetwood Christian Reformed Church$1,872
- Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church$1,869
- Canadian Reformed Church of Abbotsford B C$1,831
- Trinity Christian Reformed Church of Abbotsford$1,490
- Pathway Christian Church$863
- Langley Immanuel Christian Reformed Church$782
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$200
- Restoring Hope to Cities Foundation$100
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$723K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L I F E Recovery Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867131351RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.