Christian Talking Book Publications
Charitable organization · Stouffville, Ontario · BN 801850835RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,441) as filed with the CRA.
Christian Talking Book Publications is a charitable organization based in Stouffville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $11K in revenue and $46K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 76% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,453.
Compared with 14,056 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $34K in 2020 to $11K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To relieve conditions associated with disability by recording and making accessible alternative formats of books and other publications including voice/audio recordings to support the mental emotional educational and spiritual well-being of members of the public with a print disability occassioned by blindness illiteracy or other physical or learning disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $11K | $46K | $41K | — | $5,750 | $631 |
| 2022 | $32K | $37K | $37K | — | — | $36K |
| 2021 | $46K | $47K | $47K | — | — | $40K |
| 2020 | $34K | $46K | $46K | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,453 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$5,460
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Peter Van Velzen (chairman); Winston Miller (secretary); William McMullen (treasurer); Cy Yan (director); Peter Friberg (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christian Talking Book Publications’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801850835RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.