Centre Street Church
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 821503018RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($17,987,770) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Street Church is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $18.8M in revenue and $18M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $945K.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 94 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 50 qualified donees totalling $1.4M in 2024, the largest being $197K to The Great Commission Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Divine worship bible study missions evangelism and outreach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.8M | $18M | $15.8M | — | $1.4M | $77.3M |
| 2023 | $16.6M | $14.4M | $12M | — | $1.4M | $76.6M |
| 2022 | $17M | $13M | $10.8M | — | $1.4M | $74.3M |
| 2021 | $17.5M | $11.2M | $9.9M | — | $1.2M | $70.3M |
| 2020 | $19.5M | $13.2M | $11.2M | — | $1.8M | $64M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.4M to 50 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Great Commission Foundation$197K
- Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada$140K
- Her Victory Society Calgary$121K
- Humanitarian Aid Response Team Society (hart)$116K
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$71K
- Empower Ministries$69K
- Mainsprings Pregnancy and Family Support Association$53K
- Freedom Session International Ministries$51K
- Territorial Drive Alliance Church$50K
- Youth for Christ Association of Calgary$41K
- Rocky Mountain College: a Centre for Biblical Studies$38K
- Rivers Edge Camping Association$36K
- Radiance Family Society$31K
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$28K
- Sim Canada$26K
- Global PartnerLink Society$25K
- Fire Exit Theatre Society of Alberta$25K
- Global Leadership Network Canada$22K
- Hope Shares Community Development Association$21K
- The Mustard Seed Society$21K
- Send International of Canada Inc.$20K
- Truth Matters Ministries Society of Alberta$19K
- Canadian Bible Society/la Societe Biblique Canadienne$15K
- Interact Ministries of Canada$15K
- Compassion Canada$15K
Received $945K from 19 charities:
- The Bridgeworks Hope to the World Foundation$350K
- The Hearn Family Foundation$200K
- Abundance Canada$97K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$69K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- The Calgary Foundation$34K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$25K
- Aqueduct Foundation$23K
- Hope Church Mississauga$16K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$13K
- The Cardinal Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5,995
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$4,874
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,315
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,006
- G & I Shining Stars Youth Society$350
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions94
- Total compensation, all staff$8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Nelson (governor and chair); Lane Irvine (governor and treasurer); Beaman Edwin (governor); Joseph Geogy (governor and vice-chair); Brian Hennig (governor and secretary); Jason Schroeder (governor); Wunmi Adekanmbi (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Street Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821503018RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.