Avant Ministries Canada
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 118942564RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,868,524) as filed with the CRA.
Avant Ministries Canada is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 126 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $9,109 in 2024, the largest being $9,000 to Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Avant ministries canada desires to plant and develop churches in areas of the world where none exist. We utilize evangelism translation media ministry theological education training seminars humanitarian relief and schools to assist in reaching our desired goals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $3.9M | $3.4M | — | $9,109 | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $3.9M | $3.3M | — | $222K | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $3.9M | $3.4M | — | $22K | $4.7M |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $3.8M | $3.3M | — | $20K | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $3.6M | $3.1M | — | $36K | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,109 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $1M from 126 charities:
- Hope Bible Church Oakville$94K
- The Evangelical Mennonite Conference$56K
- Blumenort Community Church Inc.$49K
- The Damascus Road Foundation$43K
- Heppell Family Foundation$43K
- The 'alice' Norman Clements Foundation$41K
- Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church Inc.$35K
- Faith to Live by Inc.$35K
- La Crete Christian Fellowship$29K
- First Baptist Church of Mount Forest$28K
- Lord's Grace Church Society$25K
- Christian Mennonite Conference$24K
- Evangelical Bergthaler Mennonite Conference$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$20K
- Abundance Canada$19K
- Cornerstone Bible Church$17K
- The Campus Church$17K
- The Church of the Open Bible$15K
- Bergfeld Mennonite Church$15K
- Centre Street Church$14K
- Trans World Radio Canada$12K
- Seeds of Mercy Foundation Inc.$10K
- Canadian Centre for Christian Charities$9,519
- Almaguin Missionary Church$9,070
- Hope Church Toronto West$9,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ted Hull (vice chairman); David McLauren (director); Todd Gladman (director); Grant Morrison (secretary); Ken Wilson (chairman); Judy Funk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Avant Ministries Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118942564RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.