Living Ways Foundation
Charitable organization · Castleton, Ontario · BN 774202261RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,165) as filed with the CRA.
Living Ways Foundation is a charitable organization based in Castleton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $42K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 42% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,383.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6,609 in 2022 to $50K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Grace gardens community garden continues to address several challenges associated with growing food insecurity while delivering educational experiences related to food production as well as garden h arvests to several populations in our community. In 2024 lwf continued the community garden in castleton on and grew over 40 distinct species of vegetables fruits and herbs. Lwf donated a sizeable portion of its harvest to several charities in our local area. We had 4 summer staff and 11 volunteers who worked on the garden under the direction of gardening experts. One student was from the univer…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $42K | $34K | — | — | $18K |
| 2023 | $31K | $28K | $22K | — | — | $10K |
| 2022 | $6,609 | $108 | — | — | — | $7,194 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,383 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Fells (president and board chair); Chris Wiggins (board treasurer); Kristy Mickelwright (director); Heather Graham (director); Dennis Boyes (secretary director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Living Ways Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 774202261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.