Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley
Charitable organizationChristianity·PO BOX 6822 STN MAIN · DRAYTON VALLEY, AB · T7A 1S2·BN 710692732RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
82¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
16%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
5.3 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$36K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley?
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Is Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 710692732RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is PO BOX 6822 STN MAIN, DRAYTON VALLEY, AB, T7A 1S2. Source.
What does Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Living Spirit United Church is a religious organization whose primary focus of programming is the furtherance of religion through worship study fellowship and the promotion of social justice. Ongoing programs include: * Gathering for worship weekly; * Participating in book studies (Advent Lent miscellaneous); *…" Full program description.
How much of Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 82¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Living Spirit United Church Drayton Valley?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $36K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Living Spirit United Church is a religious organization whose primary focus of programming is the furtherance of religion through worship study fellowship and the promotion of social justice. Ongoing programs include: * Gathering for worship weekly; * Participating in book studies (Advent Lent miscellaneous); * Pastoral care: workshops visitation cards phone calls memorials creation of and distribution of prayer shawls; offering worship services and communion in seniors' residence; *Community outreach: collecting donations of goods and money for our back to school supplies program … Show more
Living Spirit United Church is a religious organization whose primary focus of programming is the furtherance of religion through worship study fellowship and the promotion of social justice. Ongoing programs include: * Gathering for worship weekly; * Participating in book studies (Advent Lent miscellaneous); * Pastoral care: workshops visitation cards phone calls memorials creation of and distribution of prayer shawls; offering worship services and communion in seniors' residence; *Community outreach: collecting donations of goods and money for our back to school supplies program World Day of Prayer participation with other denominations sponsoring Blanket Exercises; support of two community pantries; work with our local Homelessness & Poverty Coalition; contributions to our local Food Bank * Social justice activities: working toward the goals of Truth and Reconciliation with the Indigenous people of Canada Being Good Relations Network Leadership Group Blanket Exercises; Public Intentional & Explicit work toward becoming an Affirming community of faith; promotion of Fair Trade as a way to bring justice in developing countries; participation in a multi-partner refugee settlement group; ongoing commitment of funds to Mission & Service partners of the wider church such as Bissell Centre and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank as well as support for people affected by natural disaster war & famine around the world.
New programs
We have established partnerships with local Indigenous leaders in order to bring awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls & have initiated local events for Red Dress Day and the Moosehide Campaign.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
82¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 82¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 82¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
16%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
5.3 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$36K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)83%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
1%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
83%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
1%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
16%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2021–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | $32K | 87¢ | 13% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $149K | 83¢ | 16% | 6.2 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $36K | 90¢ | 9% | 5.6 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $36K | 82¢ | 16% | 5.3 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
3 directors reported · 3 of 3at arm's length
- Nikiforuk, B. DianneCouncil chairarm's length
- Hickman, R. ErinTreasurerarm's length
- Cartwright, Brenda DSecretaryarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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