Act Five Initiatives
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 715627105RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($538,320) as filed with the CRA.
Act Five Initiatives is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $534K in revenue and $538K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $237K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Act Five offers Christian based gap year and residency programs for young adults. These programs facilitate Christian discipleship through community learning and practices designed to grow their Christian faith and character and equip them for future pathways as rooted and engaged followers of Jesus.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $534K | $538K | $538K | — | — | $77K |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $237K from 21 charities:
- The Foundation Office.ca$65K
- Mariann Trust$25K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$25K
- Redeemer University$20K
- River Dali Foundation$20K
- Redleaf Foundation$20K
- Classis Hamilton of the Christian Reformed Church$10K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$10K
- Karis Trust$7,500
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$6,500
- Christian Stewardship Services$5,072
- Avonlea Trust$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,496
- Smithville and District Association for Christian Education Incorporated$2,000
- Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church$1,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,000
- Church on the Rock$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$486
- Toronto District Christian High School$250
- The Great Commission Foundation$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$261K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Buist (treasurer); Dave Witt (chair); William Groot (director); Anita Plat-Kuiken (director); Karmyn Bokma (director); Rosanna Soh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Act Five Initiatives’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 715627105RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.