Life Culture Canada Inc.
Charitable organization · Steinbach, Manitoba · BN 119010163RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($346,032) as filed with the CRA.
Life Culture Canada Inc. is a charitable organization based in Steinbach, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $393K in revenue and $346K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $243K in 2020 to $393K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We educate people on life issues by distributing educational material hosting conferences and banquets. We offer peer support groups for those going through pregnancy and infant loss infertility and foster moms. We offer support for those who find themselves in crisis situations. We offer a program which seeks to educate young people on life issues. We work with volunteers to communicate with those who are in difficult life circumstances.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $393K | $346K | $200K | $52K | — | $501K |
| 2023 | $332K | $304K | $159K | $32K | $1,076 | $470K |
| 2022 | $384K | $276K | $162K | $41K | — | $438K |
| 2021 | $387K | $221K | $144K | $14K | — | $373K |
| 2020 | $243K | $100K | $74K | $9,449 | — | $188K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $37K from 13 charities:
- Abundance Canada$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Emmanuel Evangelical Free Church$2,499
- Faith Chinese North American Baptist Church$1,000
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church$850
- The Community of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary$500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- ST Vital Catholic Church$493
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$250
- ST Viator's Parish$175
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100
- Daily Life Church Inc.$50
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$62K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Zwaagstra (president); Jennifer Loeppky (treasurer/secretary); Kristopher Duerksen (director); Jamie Penner (director); Jennifer Funk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Life Culture Canada Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119010163RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.