Catch the Fire Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 874153109RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,727) as filed with the CRA.
Catch the Fire Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $144 in revenue and $3,727 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,368.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Catch the Fire World. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $339K in 2020 to $144 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We have set up operations in canada. Activities include: teaching the basic tenants of the christian faith through training leaders through our leaders school of ministry in canada and sending out teams from our church to minister the gospel in various locations in canada. Church planting in canada continue to be the focus.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $144 | $3,727 | $3,060 | — | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $503 | $5,270 | $1,277 | — | — | $27K |
| 2022 | $759 | $5,962 | $3,350 | — | $5 | $32K |
| 2021 | $130K | $134K | $118K | — | $15K | $37K |
| 2020 | $339K | $305K | $80K | — | $188K | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $6,368 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$1,888
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Murray Smith (president); Jacques Bellemare (director); Gerard Plunkett (secretary); John Arnott (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Catch the Fire Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874153109RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.