Encounter World Religions
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 734938137RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($202,020) as filed with the CRA.
Encounter World Religions is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $242K in revenue and $202K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $127K in 2021 to $242K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Encounter World Religions provides in-person and online religious literacy programs for schools workplaces and the general public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $242K | $202K | $164K | — | — | $40K |
| 2023 | $195K | $195K | $160K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $177K | $177K | $143K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $127K | $127K | $117K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 8 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Community of Christ Eastern Canada Mission Centre$10K
- Community of Christ Corinth Congregation$1,500
- Community of Christ North Bay Congregation$1,440
- Community of Christ Guelph Congregation$1,000
- Community of Christ Ottawa Congregation$1,000
- Community of Christ Toronto Congregation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$173
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$101K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Llewellyn Shepherdson (chair & president); Michelle Singh (director); Irshad Osman (director); Salma Dhanani (director); Leandro Palacios (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Encounter World Religions’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 734938137RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.