Divine Renovation Ministry
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 828454538RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,878,338) as filed with the CRA.
Divine Renovation Ministry is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.4M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 43% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.3M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $60K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $5.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Divine Renovation Ministry is a registered charity whose mission is to inspire connect and equip Catholic parishes to move from maintenance to mission helping them become centers of evangelization and discipleship. During the fiscal period the Ministry continued to deliver a range of charitable programs focused on parish renewal and leadership development: DR Coaching Programs: We offered ongoing coaching for parish priests and leadership teams through structured programs that were delivered in both group and one-to-one formats and served parishes and diocesan leaders. Events and Learni…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $3.9M | $2.6M | $530K | $60K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $4.2M | $3.2M | $344K | $51K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $4M | $3.1M | $299K | $23K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $3.1M | $2.1M | $170K | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $2M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $326K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.3M from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Mallon (founder); Dan O'Rourke (director and president); Robert Toone (director); Ekaba Davies (director); Kitty Kay-Shuttleworth (director); Archbishop Terrence Prendergast (director); Martin Brennan (director); Ron Hallagan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Divine Renovation Ministry’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828454538RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.