Canadian Global Response
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 814030318RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($551,894) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Global Response is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $967K in revenue and $552K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
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 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $131K in 2020 to $967K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
CGR is actively engaged in community development and crisis response across Venezuela and Canada. In Venezuela we operate the Soup of Love program to provide daily nutritious meals to children seniors and vulnerable families. We also run Bread of Hope a bakery initiative that produces affordable bread for low-income communities and Sewing the Future which offers vocational training in sewing to empower women with income-generating skills. Our agricultural projects promote sustainable food production and community self-reliance. In Quebec CGR leads a Collective Kitchen that helps familie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $967K | $552K | $523K | — | — | $993K |
| 2023 | $467K | $482K | $445K | — | — | $579K |
| 2022 | $508K | $312K | $275K | — | — | $594K |
| 2021 | $114K | $111K | $75K | — | — | $398K |
| 2020 | $131K | $98K | $63K | — | — | $394K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 8 charities:
- Canadian National Baptist Convention$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,511
- North Toronto Chinese Baptist Church$3,710
- Living Hope Bible Church Incorporated$2,925
- Canadian National Baptist Convention Foundation (2009)$1,431
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$859
- Tapwewin Christian Assembly$780
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$63
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$125K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melvin Blackaby (director); Barry Bonney (director); Abraham Shepherd (president); Shane Spannagel (director); Debbie Shelton (director); Jeffrey Christopherson (chairman).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Global Response’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814030318RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.