Sisters of Life - Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 807557624RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($302,701) as filed with the CRA.
Sisters of Life - Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $645K in revenue and $303K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $329K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $14K to Given. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $374K in 2020 to $645K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To provide spiritual counselling practical resources and opportunities for prayer for pregnant women and their families. To advance and teach the religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with the roman catholic faith through the training of co-workers and providing days of recollection.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $645K | $303K | $243K | — | $14K | $2M |
| 2023 | $570K | $234K | $194K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $467K | $274K | $225K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $401K | $193K | $158K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $374K | $220K | $180K | — | — | $925K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 1 qualified donee:
- Given$14K
Received $329K from 21 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$110K
- Canadahelps Canadon$110K
- Lamb Foundation$20K
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel$20K
- John Patrick Colfer Family Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$16K
- Knights of Columbus 3945 Charitable Trust$10K
- ST Anthony of Padua Church$8,000
- Toronto Council Knights of Columbus 1388 Charitable Welfare Trust$5,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$4,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- ST. Joseph's Council No. 6361 Charitable Welfare Trust$1,100
- De la Salle College 'oaklands'$1,000
- Oak Ridges Christian Fellowship Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$681
- Westbridge Council No. 7922 Charitable Welfare Trust$316
- Polonia North$300
- Our Lady Queen of Poland Parish$300
- The Little Servants of Christ the King Prayer Community$200
- Rideau Council No 2444 Charitable Trust$150
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Virginia Cotter (director); Maris De Souza (director); Angela Karalekas (vice-president); Diane Pearson (director); Sheila Wusinich (director); Leah Yates (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sisters of Life - Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807557624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.