Canadian Reformed World Relief Fund
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 886437599RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,283,912) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Reformed World Relief Fund is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $497K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $480K in 2024, the largest being $387K to World Renew. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $878K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Support of child development projects in kenya indonesia; support of aids hospice and home-based care in south afirca; support of community development projects in senegal niger mali kenya; support of education bursary program in kenya; support of short-term development work teams in us mexico; support in lebanon re: ongoing syrian refugee crisis
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $738K | — | $480K | $631K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $699K | — | $258K | $542K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $954K | — | $1.4M | $376K |
| 2021 | $849K | $909K | $670K | — | $188K | $479K |
| 2020 | $878K | $829K | $536K | — | $251K | $540K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $480K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $497K from 30 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$148K
- Canadahelps Canadon$148K
- Canadian Reformed Church Coaldale$36K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$33K
- Christian Stewardship Services$17K
- Canadian Reformed Church at Yarrow$12K
- Abundance Canada$12K
- Canadian Reformed Church of Elora$11K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- Canadian Reformed Church of Langley$9,045
- Ebenezer Canadian Reformed Church at Burlington$8,887
- Canadian Reformed Church of Smithers$6,371
- The Canadian Reformed Church at Taber$5,303
- BenefAction Foundation$4,800
- Canadian Reformed Church of Burlington West$4,477
- Canadian Reformed Church of Houston$3,799
- Canadian Reformed Church of Abbotsford B C$3,658
- Living Word Canadian Reformed Church$2,000
- Glanbrook Canadian Reformed Church$2,000
- Canadian Reformed Church of London$1,830
- Mercy Christian Church$1,365
- Grace Canadian Reformed Church of Brampton$1,088
- Canadian Reformed Church at Chilliwack$1,001
- Canadian Reformed School Society of Smithville and Surrounding District Incorporated$990
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Gelms (vanvliet) (director); Michael Deboersap (treasurer); Karl Veldkamp (chair); Henderika Feunekes (director); Duane Swaving (director); Felicia Vandervelde (director); Sonya Kampen (director); Hannah Olij (director); Holly Vanweerden (director); Maria Veldman (secretary); Winston Bosch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Reformed World Relief Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886437599RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.