Catch the Fire Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 132975129RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,817,387) as filed with the CRA.
Catch the Fire Toronto 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 $4.6M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $391K in 2024, the largest being $310K to Catch the Fire World. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We operate and maintain churches in the greater toronto area. We conduct worship services during the week and on sundays. We offer conferences on christian spiritual life attended by people from all parts of the globe. We provide pastoral care for our congregations. We conduct training seminars and schools. We send teams from our church on short term mission/missionary trips. We preach the gospel and nurture the christian faith. We publish worship music and sell religious products through the bookstore
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $4.8M | $4.1M | — | $391K | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4.5M | $3.8M | $78K | $312K | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $4M | $4M | $3.3M | — | $333K | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3.6M | $2.9M | $41K | $288K | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4M | $2.9M | $67K | $565K | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $391K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $36K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Long (president); Heidi Amponsem (treasurer); Robert Livingston (secretary); Anthony Mascia (director); Garth Jestley (vice president); Nadine Torgerson (director); Murray Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Catch the Fire Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132975129RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.