The Daughters for Life Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 821105467RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($149,430) as filed with the CRA.
The Daughters for Life Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $319K in revenue and $149K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $202K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $137K in 2020 to $319K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The daughters for life foundation (dfl) created accessible opportunities for young women from the middle east through strategic partnerships with academic institutions. Our goal is to empower women to uncover their potential and become voices of equality leaders and development and agents of change with their communities. In 2024 dfl supported 21 female scholars from the middle east through its fully funded scholarship program. This included new scholars returning scholars and graduates from the class of 2024. The program provides full undergraduates and graduate scholarship at academic I…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $319K | $149K | $10K | $3,379 | — | $489K |
| 2023 | $280K | $197K | $72K | $3,168 | — | $302K |
| 2022 | $140K | $166K | $49K | $3,797 | — | $219K |
| 2021 | $216K | $182K | $73K | $3,612 | — | $245K |
| 2020 | $137K | $156K | $30K | $23K | — | $107K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $202K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Izzeldin Abuelaish (president); Dalal Abuelaish (founding member); Shatha Abuelaish (founding member); Paul Gooch (director); Darryl Goodall (director); Lorna Jean Edmonds (director); Michelle Kerr (director); Brita Baron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Daughters for Life Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821105467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.