Canadian Centre for Christian Charities
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 106844863RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,575,331) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Centre for Christian Charities is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $8.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations. In 2024, 109 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $234K.
Compared with 2,238 religious 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 $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 66 qualified donees totalling $5.5M in 2024, the largest being $3.3M to Little Family Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Conducted training courses and webinars for administrators treasurers boards and fundraisers of charities. Published resource and ministry support books and CCCC Bulletin. Provided resource support to charities and public on charitable matters. Administered an accreditation program in accordance with CCCC standards. Administered benefit programs for employees of member organizations. Dealt with legislative and administration issues affecting charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $8.6M | $2.7M | — | $5.5M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $4.1M | $2.4M | $0 | $1.3M | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $4.3M | $4M | $2.3M | — | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $5.2M | $2.5M | — | $2.3M | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.6M | $2.3M | — | $967K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.5M to 66 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Little Family Foundation$3.3M
- The Atlantic District of the Wesleyan Church$408K
- Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church Inc.$351K
- Engineering Ministries International Canada$217K
- Green Bay Bible Camp$170K
- Onesimus Global Foundation$106K
- Steinmann Mennonite Church$90K
- Meadowlands Baptist Church$83K
- Vision Ministries Canada$72K
- Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly$55K
- Rockcliffe Pentecostal Church$55K
- Linden Christian School Inc.$49K
- The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada/ l'Alliance Chretienne et Missionnaire au Canada$42K
- Church of the Nazarene Canada$38K
- Grande Prairie Church of Christ$37K
- Parkview Church$34K
- Truth Matters Ministries Society of Alberta$20K
- Humanitarian Aid Response Team Society (hart)$20K
- Power to Change Ministries$16K
- Sherwood Park Alliance Church Society$16K
- Tidal Church$15K
- Youth With A Mission (Canada) Inc.$15K
- Port Moody Pacific Grace MB Church$14K
- The Navigators of Canada$12K
- Key Life Network of Canada Inc.$11K
Received $234K from 109 charities:
- Bridgeway Foundation$100K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$40K
- New Life Christian Fellowship$10K
- Grace to you Canada Inc./ Grace to you du Canada Inc.$8,495
- Lincoln Road Chapel$8,450
- Torchbearers Capernwray Canada Society$5,000
- Springs of Living Water Centre Inc.$5,000
- Campbellford Baptist Church Inc.$3,500
- Life of Victory Family Church$3,400
- Old Order Mennonite Conference$3,000
- The Canadian Mission Board of the Church of God in Canada$2,000
- The Canadian Mission Board of the Church of God in Canada$2,000
- Medical Ministry International$1,534
- Zion Mennonite Church Inc.$1,500
- West London Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$1,500
- Evangelical Free Church of Wainwright$1,409
- Independent Assemblies of God International (canada)$1,250
- Woodvale Pentecostal Church$1,100
- Canadian Baptists of Western Canada$1,075
- Home Church - Red Deer Alberta$1,045
- Far East Broadcasting Associates of Canada$1,000
- Southland Church Inc.$1,000
- Bluewater Church$1,000
- City Life Christian Centre$1,000
- The Canadian Mission Board of the Church of God in Canada$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Coles (director - chair); Deborah Mensah (director - vice chair); Allison Alley (director); Curtis Braun (director - treasurer); Tanya Prinsep (director); Stephen Roy (director - secretary); Tim Good (director); David Murphy (director); Thevathasan Ratnam (director); Esther Atemo (director); Rosie Shen (director); Jason Small (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Centre for Christian Charities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106844863RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.