Christians Against Poverty Canada
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 841397532RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($838,464) as filed with the CRA.
Christians Against Poverty Canada is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $880K in revenue and $838K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $284K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purposes of the organization are to provide poverty relief for persons in Canada who are in conditions of need hardship or distress by reason of their economic (and social) circumstances by equipping and empowering local churches to deliver support and education services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $880K | $838K | $642K | $84K | $0 | $249K |
| 2023 | $741K | $760K | $580K | $68K | — | $214K |
| 2022 | $755K | $880K | $659K | $73K | — | $224K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $783K | $570K | $75K | $1,700 | $351K |
| 2020 | $1M | $925K | $685K | $100K | $0 | $205K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $284K from 42 charities:
- The Foundation Office.ca$90K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$45K
- The Charis Foundation$25K
- Abundance Canada$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- River Dali Foundation$10K
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$10K
- Cornerstone Church-Mennonite Inc$6,360
- Oakville Community Foundation$6,250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,562
- Maitland River Community Church$4,755
- Chedoke Presbyterian Church$4,130
- Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Hamilton$3,916
- Muskoka Community Foundation$2,250
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,500
- Mercy Christian Church$1,320
- The City Church of Mississauga$1,200
- Portico Community Church$1,200
- Pickering Pentecostal Church$1,200
- Grace Valley Church (Dundas)$1,200
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,200
- Destiny & Dominion Word Ministries$1,200
- Calvin (dundas) Christian Reformed Church$1,000
- Mount Hamilton Baptist Church$1,000
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$557K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Williams (chair); Mark Dick (secretary); Ebenezer (Ben) Lall (treasurer); Bosco Tung (director); Jenn Agard (director); Jen Taylor (director); Suzanne VanSligtenhorst (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christians Against Poverty Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841397532RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.