Burning Stone Ministries
Charitable organization · Carlisle, Ontario · BN 708967088RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($97,173) as filed with the CRA.
Burning Stone Ministries is a charitable organization based in Carlisle, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $127K in revenue and $97K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
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 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $20K in 2020 to $127K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To advance education by providing aboriginal youth safe boarding during enrollment in high school. To address and prevent specific problems faced by aboriginal youth through mentoring programs and workshops. To do all such things as are incidental or ancillary to the attainment of the above.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $127K | $97K | $93K | $2,254 | — | $106K |
| 2023 | $97K | $96K | $92K | — | $0 | $76K |
| 2022 | $111K | $73K | $70K | $532 | — | $74K |
| 2021 | $69K | $42K | $38K | — | $0 | $36K |
| 2020 | $20K | $22K | $20K | — | $0 | $8,890 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $102K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$4,000
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenneth Dick (secretary-treasurer); Heather McMillier (chairman); Monica Friesen (director); Keniea Little (director); Destani Skunk (director); Liza Beardy (director); Shirley Buchanan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burning Stone Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 708967088RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.