LiveDifferent
Charitable organization · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 861232890RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,349,266) as filed with the CRA.
LiveDifferent is a charitable organization based in Brandon, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $431K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Builds - A volunteer program that provides youth the opportunity to work alongside deserving families building homes and humanitarian relief projects in Mexico the Dominican Republic and Thailand. Circles - A school program that includes interactive motivational assemblies with supplementary peer mentorship and personal development workshops that activate students to live a lifestyle of compassion and service towards others. Academy - A four month gap year program that provides active participation in LiveDifferent's mandate of empowering youth and pursuing social justice through immer…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $2.8M | $132K | $0 | -$279K |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.2M | $2.7M | $168K | $0 | -$274K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $173K | $0 | $21K |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $96K | $0 | $89K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.8M | $2.3M | $252K | $0 | -$84K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $431K from 17 charities:
- Oakville Community Foundation$134K
- RG Foundation Inc.$125K
- Place2Give Foundation$100K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- The Cheerful Foundation Inc.$15K
- The Jasmine Foundation Inc.$15K
- Price Family Foundation Inc.$10K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,480
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,550
- Carrick a Rede Foundation$2,500
- The Coffey Family Foundation$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,292
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- Lawton Partners Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kerry Brandt (chairman); Kimberly McIntyre-Leighton (board member); Renée McGurry (board member); Devin Hollis (board member); William Bergmann (board member); Brad Mason (board member); Sheila North-Wilson (board member); David Burpee (board member); Robert Hooper (board member); Paige Derksen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from LiveDifferent’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861232890RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.