Blessing the Children
Charitable organization · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 835486853RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($164,141) as filed with the CRA.
Blessing the Children is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $161K in revenue and $164K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,211.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Child sponsorship business as mission education - lem lem campus bci academy; bethlehem campus bci academy humanitarian aide; medica; clean water; feeding programs; mission trips.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $161K | $164K | $146K | $2,524 | — | $2,519 |
| 2023 | $188K | $188K | $167K | $2,279 | — | $5,261 |
| 2022 | $242K | $242K | $198K | $2,214 | — | $4,377 |
| 2021 | $227K | $220K | $188K | $2,989 | — | $8,218 |
| 2020 | $169K | $182K | $157K | $9,307 | — | $1,853 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,211 from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheila Marsh (secretary); Sheila Lamb (treasurer); Reinhard Fieguth (director); Betty Fieguth (director); Richard Lamb (director); Caleb Hildebrand (director); Melvin Wiebe (director); Bonny Wiebe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blessing the Children’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835486853RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.