LIVING WATER COUNSELLING CENTRE
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·165 EAST BEAVER CREEK ROAD · UNIT 9 · RICHMOND HILL, ON · L4B 2N2·BN 896227576RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
88¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
12%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.9 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$356K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Living Water Counselling Centre?
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Is Living Water Counselling Centre a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 896227576RR0001. 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 Water Counselling Centre located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 165 EAST BEAVER CREEK ROAD, UNIT 9, RICHMOND HILL, ON, L4B 2N2. Source.
What does Living Water Counselling Centre do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "1. Counselling/Psychotherapy We provide psychotherapy marriage & family counselling to individuals couples and families to increase our clients' capacity to deal with life's challenges effectively and to grow towards wholeness of life. These include fees subsidized to lower middle income clients Congregational…" Full program description.
How much of Living Water Counselling Centre's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 88¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Living Water Counselling Centre?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $356K (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
1. Counselling/Psychotherapy We provide psychotherapy marriage & family counselling to individuals couples and families to increase our clients' capacity to deal with life's challenges effectively and to grow towards wholeness of life. These include fees subsidized to lower middle income clients Congregational Assistance Program-Multilingual (CAP-M) Free Intake Consultation & Referrals Free Single Session Counselling / Psychotherapy (June 1-September 31 2025) Women's Mental Health Support Group Overcoming Anxiety Group Mindfulness Groups & etc. 2. Public Education We provide holistic … Show more
1. Counselling/Psychotherapy We provide psychotherapy marriage & family counselling to individuals couples and families to increase our clients' capacity to deal with life's challenges effectively and to grow towards wholeness of life. These include fees subsidized to lower middle income clients Congregational Assistance Program-Multilingual (CAP-M) Free Intake Consultation & Referrals Free Single Session Counselling / Psychotherapy (June 1-September 31 2025) Women's Mental Health Support Group Overcoming Anxiety Group Mindfulness Groups & etc. 2. Public Education We provide holistic health promotion and prevention education to individuals couples and families of Chinese ethnic groups. Conducted through conferences seminars workshops retreats and other educational activities and courses. These include the Mental Health & Spirituality Campaign & ongoing Weekly Seniors Virtual Club. 3. Spiritual Formation We provide spiritual formation services through courses retreats individual and group direction. We use the Bible as a medium for the purpose of knowing God knowing oneself self and knowing others. These include experiential spiritual formation year spiritual formation for the Soul Care Club level one. 4. Training We provide caregivers and volunteers training courses. We aim to increase self-understanding enhance personal growth and transform relationships with self others and God. We deliver all the above programs via in-person & virtual courses.
New programs
We have received two grants to help us expand and enhance our facilities: 1) LWCC has been granted an Enabling Accessibilities Grant $100 000 (2023 Dec. 31-2025 Dec. 31) to improve the accessibility to all services for clients with disabilities in our facilities; 2) LWCC has received the Community Investment Fund program (York Region) for funding to replace the broken rooftop cooling & heating unit at unit 33 for $21 707 (included non-recoverable partial HST).
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.
88¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 88¢ 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 88¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
12%
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
0.9 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)$356K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)34%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
2%
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
34%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
2%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
63%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $308K | 64¢ | 36% | 0.8 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $371K | 35¢ | 65% | 4.1 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $481K | 54¢ | 46% | 2 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $365K | 90¢ | 10% | 1.1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $348K | 69¢ | 31% | 1.4 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $356K | 88¢ | 12% | 0.9 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
8 directors reported · 8 of 8at arm's length
- LO, ROSEMARYChairmanarm's length
- WONG, MARGARET Y.Treasurerarm's length
- CHOI, ALVENSecretaryarm's length
- CHAU, PAULBoard memberarm's length
- WONG, EVABoard Memberarm's length
- FUNG, ALANBoard Memberarm's length
- LEE, ROSITA W.F.Vice Board of Directorarm's length
- JEUNG, PHILIP K.P.Board Memberarm'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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