Abundance Canada
Public foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 129253308RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($57,145,948) as filed with the CRA.
Abundance Canada is a public foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $95.5M in revenue and $57.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2,094 qualified donees totalling $53M in 2024, the largest being $2.7M to Mennonite Central Committee Ontario. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $56.9M in 2020 to $95.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide charitable gift planning options manage donated funds and distribute donated funds to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $95.5M | $57.1M | $3.2M | $283K | $53M | $224.3M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $6.4M | $91K | $27K | $6.3M | $188.7M |
| 2022 | $52.2M | $44.4M | $3.2M | $360K | $40.4M | $189.2M |
| 2021 | $74.2M | $43.5M | $2.9M | $308K | $39.9M | $185.7M |
| 2020 | $56.9M | $39.8M | $2.9M | $328K | $36.3M | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $53M to 2,094 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Mennonite Central Committee Ontario$2.7M
- House of Friendship$1.5M
- The Great Commission Foundation$1.5M
- Youth With A Mission Foundation$1.3M
- Mennonite Educational Institute Society$1.3M
- Southeast Events Group Foundation Inc.$975K
- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia$895K
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$799K
- Conrad Grebel University College$787K
- Impact Nations International Ministries$715K
- Power to Change Ministries$658K
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$641K
- Mennonite Central Committee Alberta$638K
- Hungry for Life International$567K
- Mennohomes Inc.$529K
- Slavic Gospel Association of Canada$500K
- Kiddie Sunshine Centre Inc.$500K
- G2G Foundation$500K
- Toronto Foundation$498K
- Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Inc.$445K
- The James and Sherry Redekop Foundation$405K
- Canadian Mennonite University$397K
- Kidsability Centre for Child Development Foundation$387K
- Mennonite Disaster Service Canada Inc.$352K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$345K
Received $1.8M from 20 charities:
- Conam Charitable Foundation$820K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$500K
- First Mennonite Church (kelowna)$250K
- Toronto Foundation$81K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$63K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$24K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$24K
- Sutherland Evangelical Church Inc.$20K
- Wellington West Foundation Inc.$20K
- Carrick a Rede Foundation$13K
- Wallenstein Feed Charitable Foundation$12K
- Mennonite Church British Columbia$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,001
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,420
- The Jim and Lorna Blair Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Light to the World Christian Church$1,000
- Lawton Partners Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The Rademaker Foundation Inc.$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$165
- Herschel Ebenfeld Mennonite Church Inc.$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Thompson (chair); Shannon Peters (vice-chair); Alan Walker (secretary); Bob Heinrichs; Gillian Doucet Campbell; Arnold Machel (treasurer); Stephen Yantzi; Karen Martin Schiedel; Doug Romanuk.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abundance Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129253308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.