Creation Ministries International (Canada)
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 118878891RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,403,675) as filed with the CRA.
Creation Ministries International (Canada) is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations. In 2024, 46 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $519K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Equipping the church to uphold the accuracy and authority of the bible to enable the church to more effectively present the gospel in an increasingly secular and evoluntionary society. The organization promotes the cause of creation in churches schools and canadian culture and promotes the study of scientific creationism.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $526K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $489K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $695K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $72K | — | — | $787K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | — | $669K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $519K from 46 charities:
- Fleming Foundation$368K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Abundance Canada$18K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$5,000
- Emmanuel Reformed Church of Neerlandia$3,898
- Grace Mennonite Fellowship Church$2,537
- Evangelical Bergthaler Mennonite Conference$2,225
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,700
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$960
- Brussels Community Bible Chapel$800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$797
- Mennonite Christian Fellowship Chapel$785
- Community Worship Centre Inc.$761
- The Russell Reformed Presbyterian Church$760
- Calvary Community Church$741
- Roblin Evangelical Mission Church Inc.$641
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$615
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$568
- Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference$510
- Bible Baptist Church$500
- The Free Reformed Church of Mitchell$500
- Central Baptist Church Brantford$500
- New Life Christian Ministries$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$825K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judah Etinger (secretary); Robert Smart (president); Scott Gillis (treasurer); Kevin Wain (director); Ryan Hembree (director); Tasman Walker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Creation Ministries International (Canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118878891RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.