Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies Inc.
Charitable organization · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 863616843RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,349,669) as filed with the CRA.
Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies Inc. is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $210K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $45K in 2024, the largest being $7,800 to Lethbridge Pregnancy Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Orphan Sponsorship Education Medical Care providing clean water youth programs community outreach throughout the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $67K | $45K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.6M | $58K | $33K | $971K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $6,756 | $60K | $948K |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $3,474 | $35K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $19K | — | $980K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $45K to 16 qualified donees:
- Lethbridge Pregnancy Centre$7,800
- Youth With A Mission$5,834
- Via Church$5,000
- Sabc$5,000
- Kootenay Christian Academy$5,000
- Misericordia Fellowship Center Of Lethbridge$5,000
- Lethbridge Christian School$3,000
- Lethbridge Food Bank$2,000
- Crowsnest Community Church$1,705
- Prison Fellowship INt$1,700
- Interfaith Food Bank$1,000
- Harvest Org Riverside$1,000
- Alliance Church$739
- TGCF Canada$250
- Woods Homes$244
- Parallel Church$75
Received $210K from 33 charities:
- Ypma Family Foundation$50K
- Abundance Canada$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$24K
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$20K
- The Canadian Tilling Foundation$15K
- The Evangelical Free Church of Lethbridge$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,532
- One Life Church (Lethbridge)$7,181
- Duchess Mennonite Church$6,000
- Hillside Christian Fellowship Church (mennonite Brethren)$6,000
- WFG Charitable Trust$5,000
- Église le Centre$4,000
- Winnipeg Centre Inc.$3,444
- Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church Lethbridge$2,701
- Springs of Life Family Church Inc.$2,000
- Bell Family Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$1,960
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,800
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,727
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,245
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$1,066
- The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada$1,000
- Gravelbourg Church of Christ$1,000
- Morning Star Ministries Inc.$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$919K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Zopoula (president); Richard Zazula (vice president); Rudy Reger (director); Stella Reger (secretary); Gary Armstrong (director); Luke Booker (director); Lori Ellis (director); Colin Friesen.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863616843RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.