The Life Institute
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891567646RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($414,021) as filed with the CRA.
The Life Institute is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $435K in revenue and $414K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $41K in 2024, the largest being $41K to Toronto Metropolitan University. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $866K in 2020 to $435K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provides peer and instructor led educational courses to its members
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $435K | $414K | $322K | $10K | $41K | $312K |
| 2023 | $377K | $575K | $511K | — | $22K | $291K |
| 2022 | $502K | $602K | $518K | — | $35K | $489K |
| 2021 | $640K | $596K | $460K | — | $84K | $589K |
| 2020 | $866K | $847K | $693K | $7,111 | $78K | $545K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $41K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$138K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eva Bell (chair); Peter Drumm (treasurer); Milvi Ester (past chair); Donna Luk (director); Susan Mackle (director); Paula Green (ex-officio director); Phyllis Ryall (director); Philippa King (director); Cornwall Lori (director); Joshua Liswood (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Life Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891567646RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.