Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 119038487RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($766,518) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $720K in revenue and $767K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 33% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We publish a religious magazine primarily of interest to those attending Mennonite Church Canada churches across Canada. The magazine is published both in print and on-line and has approximately 9 000 subscribers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $720K | $767K | $694K | $43K | — | $352K |
| 2023 | $757K | $769K | $706K | $36K | — | $398K |
| 2022 | $767K | $768K | $710K | $33K | — | $410K |
| 2021 | $783K | $744K | $686K | $29K | — | $411K |
| 2020 | $768K | $760K | $698K | $29K | — | $371K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $181K from 12 charities:
- Mennonite Church Canada$86K
- Mennonite Church Manitoba Inc.$44K
- Abundance Canada$29K
- Mennonite Church Alberta$8,979
- Mennonite Church British Columbia$7,380
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,718
- Pembina Fellowship$765
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$600
- Toronto United Mennonite Church$300
- Covenant Mennonite Church of Winkler Inc.$200
- Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Altona$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$313K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Penner (director treasurer); Karen Heese (director vice chair); Kathryn Lymburner (director board chair); Annika Krause (director); Alex Tiessen (director); Mary Barg (director); Donna Schulz (director); Brenda Suderman (director); Tim Miller Dyck (director); Art Koop (director); Andrew Stoesz (director); Carole Neufeldt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119038487RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.