Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley
Charitable organization · Drayton Valley, Alberta · BN 710692732RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($40,955) as filed with the CRA.
Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley is a charitable organization based in Drayton Valley, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $36K in revenue and $41K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $307.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $8,525 to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Living Spirit United Church is a religious organization whose primary focus of programming is the furtherance of religion through worship study fellowship and the promotion of social justice. Ongoing programs include: * Gathering for worship weekly; * Participating in book studies (Advent Lent miscellaneous); * Pastoral care: workshops visitation cards phone calls memorials creation of and distribution of prayer shawls; offering worship services and communion in seniors' residence; *Community outreach: collecting donations of goods and money for our back to school supplies program …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36K | $41K | $23K | $264 | $13K | $126K |
| 2023 | $36K | $38K | $23K | $223 | $12K | $127K |
| 2022 | $149K | $37K | $21K | $286 | $12K | $131K |
| 2021 | $32K | $18K | $11K | — | $5,550 | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 8 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$8,525
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$1,096
- First United Church$1,050
- Bissell Centre$790
- Bashaw United Church$650
- Ponoka United Church$600
- Eleanor Pickup Arts Centre$250
- Athabasca United Church$50
Received $307 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
B. Dianne Nikiforuk (council chair); R. Erin Hickman (treasurer); Brenda Cartwright (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 710692732RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.