LiveWorkPlay
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 896222775RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,500,976) as filed with the CRA.
LiveWorkPlay is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024.
In its own words
The mission of liveworkplay is liveworkplay helps the community welcome people with intellectual disabilities to live work and play as valued citizens. The three primary areas in which the charity is now carrying on programs include: services for the physically or mentally challenged employment preparation and training and housing for seniors low-income and those with disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $3M | $3M | $2.6M | $46K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $5,253 | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $38K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,99924 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from LiveWorkPlay’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896222775RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.