Abbotsford Bibles for Missions Society
Public foundation · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 131430399RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($502,345) as filed with the CRA.
Abbotsford Bibles for Missions Society is a public foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $622K in revenue and $502K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $65.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $125K in 2024, the largest being $125K to The Bible League of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Abbotsford bibles for missions society is a volunteer-driven non-denominational christian organization that operates a thrift store in abbotsford bc. Abfm works with various local agencies to provide donated items to people in need in their own community due to fire homelessness or other crisis. We donate the net revenue from our thrift store to fund our joint ministry with bible league canada. They in turn place the word of god into bible-based leadership development church planting and literacy programs in over 43 countries - giving people access to the life-changing word of god. They al…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $622K | $502K | $238K | — | $125K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $616K | $494K | $225K | — | $180K | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $576K | $482K | $192K | — | $201K | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $578K | $377K | $176K | — | $126K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $432K | $342K | $184K | — | $93K | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $125K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $65 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$139K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ed De Jong (director); Jacqueline Turnbull (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abbotsford Bibles for Missions Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131430399RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.