Contend Canada Ministries - Calgary
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 883902017RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($160,023) as filed with the CRA.
Contend Canada Ministries - Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $168K in revenue and $160K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $940 in 2024, the largest being $500 to First Love Church Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Worship & prayer events within the City of Calgary and Province of Alberta. Worship & prayer events throughout Canada. Short-term international missions trips.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $168K | $160K | $159K | — | $940 | $65K |
| 2023 | $151K | $126K | $126K | — | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $91K | $106K | $105K | — | $1,502 | $0 |
| 2021 | $105K | $91K | $91K | — | — | $47K |
| 2020 | $119K | $101K | $100K | — | — | $32K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $940 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $23K from 9 charities:
- The Full Gospel Church of Calgary$10K
- Southside Victory Church Fellowship$7,927
- The Gathering$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,000
- Life Connection Church Calgary$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$986
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$751
- Christian City Church Calgary$250
- The Ripple Effect Ministries of Calgary$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$86K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Sinanan (chairman); Nola Sinanan (secretary/treasurer); Ashley Kitchen (director); Georgina Williams (director); Stacey Manolescu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Contend Canada Ministries - Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883902017RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.