One Life Makes a Difference
Public foundation · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 849983929RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,758,498) as filed with the CRA.
One Life Makes a Difference is a public foundation based in Regina, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $2M to Mother Teresa Middle School Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.9M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To provide financial assistance to educate underpriviledged inner city youth in canada and/or make donations to qualified donees within the limits imposed under the income tax act (canada)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $2.8M | $16K | — | $2.6M | $19.3M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.4M | $20K | — | $555K | $17.2M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | -$1.8M | $20K | $113K | $392K | $14.1M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $663K | — | $151K | $379K | $15.9M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $694K | — | $151K | $409K | $12.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$3,618,331
- Receipted donations$506,000
- Investment income$229,386
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.6M to 2 qualified donees:
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Hill (director/chairperson); Terry O'Malley (director/secretary); Robert Watson (director); Maurice Bundon (director/treasurer); Harvey Granatier (director); Tina Svedahl (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from One Life Makes a Difference’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849983929RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.