Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 131770844RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,585) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $21K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $4,635 in 2024, the largest being $1,574 to Edmonton Monthly Meeting. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $611K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) of the Religious Society of Friends is the national body for Quakers in Canada. CYM provides a range of activities and programs that support the religious development of Quaker faith and practice and connections within the community in Canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $21K | — | — | $21K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $762K | $566K | $406K | $12K | $18K | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $82K | $421K | $311K | $6,624 | $5,615 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $793K | $589K | $153K | $2,892 | $1,500 | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $611K | $478K | $152K | $46K | $36K | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,635 to 5 qualified donees:
- Edmonton Monthly Meeting$1,574
- Halifax Monthly Meeting$1,000
- The United Church of Canada$1,000
- Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends(Quakers)$811
- The Canadian Council of Churches$250
Received $57K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Vancouver Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)$7,955
- 1000 Islands Monthly Meeting Society of Friends$7,300
- Abundance Canada$6,200
- Hamilton Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends$5,500
- Religious Society of Friends (quakers) Kitchener Monthly Meeting$4,300
- Yonge Street Monthly Meeting$3,700
- Interior British Columbia Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends$2,750
- Coldstream Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (quakers)$2,250
- Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends(Quakers)$2,155
- Peterborough Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)$1,600
- Cowichan Valley Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends$800
- Society of Friends (quakers) Argenta Monthly Meeting$650
- Hamilton Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends$500
- Saanich Peninsula Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$277K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Rolston (trustee); Peter Cross (trustee); Anne-Marie Zilliacus (trustee treasurer); Mary Broadhead (trustee); Janette Fraser (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131770844RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.