Thumb Switch for Life
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 791061518RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($23,715) as filed with the CRA.
Thumb Switch for Life is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $21K in revenue and $24K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 100% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to The Southern Francophone Education Region. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1. To advance education by providing publicly available scholarships bursaries and other forms of financial assistance to disadvantaged youth to be used for secondary or post secondary education. 2. To receive and maintain a fund or funds to apply all or part of the princial and income therefrom from time to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act (canada). 3.to undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above mentioned charitable purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21K | $24K | — | — | $23K | $43K |
| 2023 | $32K | $13K | — | — | $12K | $46K |
| 2022 | $21K | $11K | — | — | $11K | $27K |
| 2021 | $21K | $7,887 | — | — | $7,173 | $18K |
| 2020 | $22K | $24K | — | — | $23K | $4,743 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 8 qualified donees:
- The Southern Francophone Education Region$5,000
- The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division$4,000
- The Board of Trustees of Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School District No 150$3,500
- Northwest School Division No. 203$2,500
- Prairie Valley School Division No. 208$2,500
- Sommerfeld Charitable Trust$2,000
- Northern Lights School Division No. 69$2,000
- Gadsby Charitable Trust$1,000
Received $21K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacqueline Peace (executive director); Dwayne Peace (director); Leanne Donaldson (director); Lorrie Swalm (director); Reid Wilkie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thumb Switch for Life’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 791061518RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.