Sharelife
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 130632474RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,969,411) as filed with the CRA.
Sharelife is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $19.4M in revenue and $19M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 43% from other charities. In 2024, 267 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9.6M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $17.3M in 2024, the largest being $11.6M to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Sharelife carries out fundraising campaigns in catholic parishes and schools as well as in the corporate sector. It distributes the funds to registered charitable agencies that conduct the following types of programs: counselling for individuals couples and families in crisis. 24-hour support services and outreach for pregnant and abandoned teenagers and young moms. Residence and support services for seniors and people with disabilities. Emergency shelter counselling and medical support for at-risk youth and adults. Educational and material assistance to missionaries and community support pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.4M | $19M | — | $955K | $17.3M | $17M |
| 2023 | $18.5M | $17.8M | — | $962K | $16.2M | $16.6M |
| 2022 | $15.9M | $16.7M | — | $916K | $15.1M | $16M |
| 2021 | $8M | $552K | — | $267K | — | $16.8M |
| 2020 | $13.2M | $13.2M | — | $1M | $11.5M | $7.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17.3M to 11 qualified donees:
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto$11.6M
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$3.1M
- St. Augustine's Seminary of Toronto$2M
- Organisation Catholique Canadienne pour le Développement et la Paix$125K
- Canadian Food for Children$100K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$100K
- Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries$95K
- Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary Archdiocese of Toronto$85K
- Right to Life Association of Toronto and Area$40K
- Mary's Meals Canada$33K
- The de Veber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research$20K
Received $9.6M from 267 charities:
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$718K
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto$251K
- Our Lady of Sorrows Parish$238K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$180K
- York Catholic District School Board$170K
- The Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation$154K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$136K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$129K
- St. Andrew Kim's Parish$122K
- St. Ignatius Loyola Parish$119K
- St. Luke's Parish$116K
- St. Mary's Parish$115K
- St. Christopher's Parish$112K
- St. Mary Immaculate Parish$109K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$103K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- Blessed Trinity Parish$96K
- St. Patrick's Parish$94K
- St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica$94K
- St. Patrick's Parish$93K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$86K
- St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish$84K
- St. Timothy's Parish$82K
- St. John the Evangelist Parish$82K
- St. Mary's Parish$79K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$942K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Francis Leo (trustee); John Boissonneau (trustee); John Mulhall (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sharelife’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130632474RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.