Engineering Ministries International Canada
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 858529753RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,199,040) as filed with the CRA.
Engineering Ministries International Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $335K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
EMI Canada is a Christian development organization mobilizing Canadian architects engineers surveyors and construction managers. We use our skills to serve people worldwide through the design of hospitals schools water systems and many other facilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $700K | $129K | — | $444K |
| 2023 | $876K | $917K | $449K | $183K | — | $357K |
| 2022 | $793K | $766K | $387K | $43K | — | $399K |
| 2021 | $862K | $746K | $335K | $22K | — | $372K |
| 2020 | $905K | $873K | $367K | $11K | $60K | $256K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $335K from 24 charities:
- Canadian Centre for Christian Charities$217K
- The Charis Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$11K
- The Sawatzky Specialties Foundation$10K
- Abundance Canada$8,000
- Foothills Alliance Church$6,240
- Mississauga Chinese Baptist Church$5,000
- The Jack Neufeld Family Charitable Foundation$4,705
- The Chinese Christian Church of Ottawa$4,500
- Lakeside Church - Haliburton$4,320
- Ottawa Chinese Bible Church$4,100
- Epic Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Calgary$3,980
- Mountainview Christian Reformed Church of Grimsby$3,522
- ShareWord Global Canada$3,000
- Emmanuel Bible Church (simcoe)$3,000
- Christian City Church Calgary$2,800
- Lord's Grace Church Society$2,500
- Riverdale Baptist Church$1,452
- Thornloe Crossroads Baptist Church$1,200
- Emmanuel Evangelical Missionary Church Fellowship$750
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$400
- The Great Commission Foundation$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$675K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Palmer (treasurer); Joyce Chang (trustee); Greg Thomas (chairperson); Jaime Sekanjako (trustee); Leon Plett (trustee); Saji George (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Engineering Ministries International Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858529753RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.