Abundant Life Church Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 814807624RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($403,724) as filed with the CRA.
Abundant Life Church Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $308K in revenue and $404K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,443.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $54K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Baptist General Conference of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Weekly Worship & Message Services including children Sunday school classes. Weekly prayer groups and small groups. We provide pastoral counselling care and prayer. A weekly food program to support the community by offering free groceries to those in need. The food program is run by volunteers; there are 6-8 volunteers offering a few hours each week. The charity also has a badminton pickleball and ping pong drop in for youth run by 3 volunteers giving 2 hours of their time per week. ALC also support a few global missionaries and missions organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $308K | $404K | $326K | — | $54K | $5.6M |
| 2023 | $299K | $383K | $312K | — | $45K | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $283K | $315K | $250K | — | $43K | $5.8M |
| 2021 | $69K | $253K | $178K | — | $52K | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $356K | $376K | $277K | — | $77K | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $54K to 10 qualified donees:
- Baptist General Conference of Canada$18K
- Baptist General Conference in Alberta$11K
- The Great Commission Foundation$9,845
- Youth for Christ Association of Calgary$6,610
- Send International of Canada Inc.$3,745
- Camp Chestermere Association$2,625
- Lone Prairie Camp Ltd.$1,525
- Compassion Canada$614
- Her Victory Society Calgary$545
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$100
Received $7,443 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$134K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Giovanni Graza (treasurer); Michael van Runt (chairperson); Luz Swinton (secretary); Michael Swalm (lead pastor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abundant Life Church Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814807624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.