The Royal Life Saving Society Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119129088RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,332,642) as filed with the CRA.
The Royal Life Saving Society Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $575K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
We continue our data collections on water relation injuries and drownings. Our education programs and lifesaving programs remain intact and we continue with our drowning prevention and education programming. We continue to grow our lifesaving sports programming at the local provincial national and international levels.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $0 | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $868K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $597K | $527K | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $575K | $604K | $353K | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $122K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Patrick Nolan (secretary); Peter Fox (director); Kayla Saarinen (director); Christopher Mercer (director); Halbert Pratt (director); Rick Stilling (director); Sean Winslow (treasurer); Julian Zou (director); Nick Wiggins (director); Eric Hervieux (director); Marcel McLaughlin (director); Julie McIsaac (director); Kayla Leary-Pinch (president); Andrea Herrmann (past president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Royal Life Saving Society Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119129088RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.