Life Church
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 118864917RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($129,692) as filed with the CRA.
Life Church is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $153K in revenue and $130K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $3,000 to Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We hold weekly worship services. We provide ministries for men women young adults and children. We give pastoral care to those in need in the community and surrounding area. Support sent to: africa inland mission international (canada) one hope canada ethnos canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $153K | $130K | $37K | — | $14K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $151K | $112K | $29K | $0 | $6,265 | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $93K | $123K | $116K | — | $6,470 | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $119K | $97K | — | — | $3,499 | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $114K | $96K | — | — | $9,600 | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $78K from 3 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 positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$75K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lori-Ann Holmes (treasurer); Craig Wilson (trustee); Stacy Wilson (elder); Jacob Wilson (elder); Abby Wilson (elder); Michael Alexander (elder); Rebecca Alexander (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Life Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118864917RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.