Cyrus Centre Ministries
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 855938064RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,570,236) as filed with the CRA.
Cyrus Centre Ministries is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.6M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 57% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 45 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $288K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.5M in 2020 to $4.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Operating drop-in centre for 'at risk' youth in abbotsford and chilliwack bc. Operating extreme weather and emergency shelter facilities for at risk youth in abbotsford and chilliwack bc. Operating low income housing buildings for 'at risk' youth in abbotsford and chilliwack bc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $3.6M | $3.3M | $83K | — | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3M | $2.8M | $43K | — | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $40K | — | $4.7M |
| 2021 | $3.4M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $12K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $16K | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $288K from 45 charities:
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$105K
- JM Ministries Canada$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Fraser Valley REALTORS Charitable Foundation$15K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$14K
- Beyond BC Greenhouse Charitable Foundation$11K
- Young Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,466
- Fleming Foundation$7,000
- Abundance Canada$6,500
- Northview Community Church$6,100
- Rooke Foundation$6,000
- Vancouver Foundation$5,400
- Main Street Church Society$5,000
- Gateway Community Christian Reformed Church$3,959
- Cross Connection Church Society$3,854
- Central Community Church$3,600
- Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church$3,569
- Life Spring Church Abbotsford$3,192
- The Canadian Mission Board of the Church of God in Canada$3,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Reformed Church of Abbotsford B C$2,972
- New Life Christian Reformed Church$2,550
- Saint Matthew's Anglican Church$2,400
- Greendale Mennonite Brethren Church$2,380
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Borrows (director); David Schapansky (director); Shawn Zacharias (director); Maple Crozier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cyrus Centre Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855938064RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.