Life for Relief & Development (canada)
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 140913773RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Life for Relief & Development (canada) is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $568K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $330K in 2024, the largest being $140K to Islamic Relief - Ir Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $849K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provision of orphan sponsorship and relief programs in various locations around the world including food programs and medical relief projects.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | — | $96K | — | $1.7M | $715K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | $56K | $869K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $795K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | $186K | $683K |
| 2020 | $849K | $840K | $749K | — | $38K | $931K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $330K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $568K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$96K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marwan Abdeen (director); Saleem Al-Nuaimi (chair); Abdulwahid Alami (vice chair); Elhag-Idris Anwar (director); Jamal Osman (secretary); Mouhamad Tarbine (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Life for Relief & Development (canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140913773RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.