Niagara Life Centre
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 138724463RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($721,994) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Life Centre is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $611K in revenue and $722K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $189K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $611K | $722K | $624K | $85K | — | $960K |
| 2023 | $576K | $665K | $562K | $81K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $707K | $627K | $122K | $52K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $562K | $483K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $623K | $471K | — | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $189K from 35 charities:
- Barterpay It Forward Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Trinity United Reformed Church of St. Catharines$10K
- Mountainview Christian Reformed Church of Grimsby$9,041
- Bethany Community Church of ST. Catharines$7,800
- Lakemount Worship Centre$5,000
- Abundance Canada$4,200
- Covenant Christian Reformed Church of ST. Catharines$4,162
- Vineland Free Reformed Church$3,318
- Faith Reformed Church Stevensville Ontario$3,300
- Zion Free Reformed Church$3,210
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,844
- Glenridge Bible Church$2,650
- Intercede International$1,700
- Redeemer Bible Church$1,600
- Immanuel Baptist Church$1,500
- The Mantle Foundation$1,500
- Smithville Christian Reformed Church$1,490
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,350
- Sheepfold Ministries$1,200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,107
- The Gate Alliance Church$1,010
- Our Lady of the Lake Council No. 4917 Charitable Welfare Trust$1,000
- Northend Church$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Klassen (chairman); Rita Makubuya (ministry director); Jim Ruggi (co-treasurer); Perry Wong (member); Robert Loerts (secretary); Jonathan Brouwer (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Life Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138724463RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.