Stars for Life Foundation Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 878097609RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,759,401) as filed with the CRA.
Stars for Life Foundation Inc. is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Stars for life foundation inc. Carries out the following programs for young people with autism: 1) day programs and activities 2) employs young people with autism in making sand bottles and gratitude stones for sale to tourist industry 3) autism rental housing operations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $921K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $849K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $68K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carolyn Bateman (president); Wes Macaleer (director); Jim Travers (treasurer); Andrea Bird (director); Brian Geoffrey Scales (secretary); Angela Malone (director); Phil Homburg (director); David Keedwell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stars for Life Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878097609RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.