Lessons For Living Ministries
Charitable organization · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 810594564RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($36,920) as filed with the CRA.
Lessons For Living Ministries is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $311K in revenue and $37K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $199K in 2020 to $311K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Production and broadcasting of a weekly religious educational telecast in English. These Bible-based programs meet human needs through the teaching of the Bible. These programs promote high moral standards good citizenship good health and family unity. These programs follow the Seventh Day Adventist principals. Medical and Dental Missions to other Countries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $311K | $37K | $267K | $0 | $0 | $127K |
| 2023 | $284K | — | — | — | — | $49K |
| 2022 | $169K | $175K | — | — | — | $77K |
| 2021 | $236K | $210K | — | — | — | $82K |
| 2020 | $199K | $182K | — | — | — | $56K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 4 charities:
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$8,220
- Ontario Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$290
- Canadahelps Canadon$144
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Santos (ex. dir./speaker & secretary); Allan Heacock (director); William Piersanti (director); James Martins (director - president); Fatima Madeira-Santos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lessons For Living Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810594564RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.