Ascension Ministries
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 799254487RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($314,694) as filed with the CRA.
Ascension Ministries is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $250K in revenue and $315K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
In its own words
Weekly church services weekly home bible study. Sports camps to our community that include a christian element. Pastoral care. We donate funds to our provincial and national denominations for missions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $250K | $315K | $313K | — | — | $174K |
| 2023 | $336K | $355K | $351K | — | $1,000 | $239K |
| 2022 | $439K | $402K | $398K | — | $1,000 | $257K |
| 2021 | $379K | $324K | $317K | — | $4,000 | $222K |
| 2020 | $287K | $254K | $240K | — | $4,000 | $170K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ascension Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 799254487RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.