Berhan Semay Church of Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 865768915RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($187,737) as filed with the CRA.
Berhan Semay Church of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $291K in revenue and $188K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 7% from government. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $130K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
House of prayer worship and preaching the word based on the christian faith. The sole purpose is to spread the christian gospel through preaching the word of god worship no supporting activities as follows: we conduct prayer meeting on saturdays and tuesdays we conduct home cell groups and bible study in various locations in the gta we provide many opportunities to volunteer in the areas such as: working with the elderly children families special needs persons young mothers immigrant refugees and newcomers to the country
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $291K | $188K | $174K | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $449K | $255K | $235K | — | $6,000 | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $381K | $251K | $240K | — | — | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $436K | $236K | $173K | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $383K | $299K | $242K | — | — | $918K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $130K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$48K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Berhan Semay Church of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865768915RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.