Trades 4 Life International
Publicly funded institution · Prince George, British Columbia · BN 824745434RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($58,619) as filed with the CRA.
Trades 4 Life International is a charitable organization based in Prince George, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $60K in revenue and $59K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,963.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $60K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Advancing education by developing and deploying programs for young men and women to teach trades skills to the employment needs of their communities and to teach life and business skills that promote leadership in their workplaces families and communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $60K | $59K | $59K | — | — | $6,197 |
| 2023 | $89K | $92K | $92K | — | — | $5,007 |
| 2022 | $45K | $58K | $56K | — | $0 | $7,938 |
| 2021 | $34K | $33K | $33K | — | — | $12K |
| 2020 | $32K | $23K | $23K | — | $0 | $19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,963 from 2 charities:
- Abundance Canada$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,963
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Bergen (director); Steven Troyer (director); Ben Wiebe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trades 4 Life International’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824745434RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.