Living Skies Regional Council - the United Church of Canada
Charitable organization · Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan · BN 107955593RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($841,438) as filed with the CRA.
Living Skies Regional Council - the United Church of Canada is a charitable organization based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $841K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $233K in 2024, the largest being $135K to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide support advice and services to Communities of Faith in the areas of human resources property archives and leadership training. Provide oversight of Communities of Faith and supporting them in their life and work and ensure compliance with the policies and polity of the United Church. To ordain and commission members of the order of ministry recognize Designated Lay Minister and celebrate admission and re-admissions into the order of ministry. To speak both pastorally and prophetically while providing education and advocacy on issues that affect the health of our communit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $841K | $422K | — | $228K | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $987K | $854K | $433K | — | $222K | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $955K | $773K | $357K | — | $234K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $683K | $342K | — | $171K | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $592K | $302K | — | $126K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $233K to 16 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$135K
- Northern Saskatchewan Hospital Chaplaincy$25K
- United Church of Canada South Saskatchewan Hospital Chaplaincy$25K
- Saskatoon Community Advocacy and Support Inc.$10K
- The Micah Mission Inc.$5,000
- Meadow Lake Pastoral Charge$5,000
- Camp Tapawingo Tamarack Presbytery United Church of Canada Inc.$5,000
- Camp Tapawingo Tamarack Presbytery United Church of Canada Inc.$5,000
- Ecumenical Chaplaincy at the University of Saskatchewan Inc.$5,000
- Circles of Support and Accountability South Saskatchewan Inc.$4,219
- Knox United Church$2,625
- Parkland Restorative Justice Inc.$2,000
- Oxbow-Glen Ewen Pastoral Charge$1,980
- Prairie Centre for Ecumenism$1,000
- Wellman Lake United Church Camp Inc.$1,000
- Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry$500
Received $1.2M from 5 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$417K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shannon McCarthy (executive minister); Piotr Strzelecki (member at large); Darrell Reine (chair); Deborah Springer (member at large); Dale Worrall (treasurer); Douglas Haroldson (member at large); David Mugadzi (member at large); Deborah Smith (member at large); Amelia Takau (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Living Skies Regional Council - the United Church of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107955593RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.