BLF Canada
Charitable organization · Landmark, Manitoba · BN 867652414RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,284) as filed with the CRA.
BLF Canada is a charitable organization based in Landmark, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $97K in revenue and $89K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 82% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Our vision is to reach the French World for Christ. We promote fund and distribute French Christian literature in Canada and other French speaking countries. We help organize evangelism campaigns. We host short-term missions teams in Quebec and French Canada. We send short-term mission teams to French speaking countries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $97K | $89K | $88K | — | $0 | $17K |
| 2023 | $105K | $107K | $86K | — | $8,164 | $17K |
| 2022 | $83K | $110K | $105K | — | $1,730 | $11K |
| 2021 | $89K | $78K | $77K | — | — | $38K |
| 2020 | $77K | $59K | $58K | — | — | $28K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $39K from 12 charities:
- Harrow Baptist Church$9,200
- Abundance Canada$8,000
- Faith Fellowship Incorporated$6,410
- The Stoney Creek Baptist Church of London Inc.$3,803
- West Park Baptist Church$2,850
- Bergfeld Mennonite Church$2,400
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,233
- Eglise baptiste évangélique des Laurentides inc.$1,663
- Essex Baptist Church$1,400
- Les Eglises Congregationalistes Chretiennes du Quebec$700
- Bible Baptist Church$580
- ST. Pierre Bible Fellowship Church Inc.$175
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$43K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Plett (chairman); Walter Thiessen (vice-chair); Mark Larson (board member); Costa Yphantides (board member); Arisnel Mesidor (board member); Jolyn Sawatzky (board member); Eric Perron (board member); Toe-Blake Roy (ceo (staff- no vote)); Zachariah Kenney (secretary (staff- no vote)); Shirley Plett (bookkeeper (staff- no vote)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BLF Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867652414RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.