Esperanza Ministries Association
Charitable organization · Tahsis, British Columbia · BN 850756982RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($279,015) as filed with the CRA.
Esperanza Ministries Association is a charitable organization based in Tahsis, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $209K in revenue and $279K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $395K in 2020 to $209K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Youth camps Family Crisis Counselling Programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $209K | $279K | $279K | — | — | $720K |
| 2023 | $261K | $282K | $184K | — | — | $790K |
| 2022 | $264K | $282K | — | — | — | $810K |
| 2021 | $291K | $250K | $250K | — | — | $828K |
| 2020 | $395K | $321K | $321K | — | — | $787K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$45K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Tonn (treasurer); Harold Amos (board member); Audrey Smith (board member); Ivan Wells (board member); Richard Lindholm (board chairman); Micheal Christensen (vice/board member); Jennifer John (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Esperanza Ministries Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850756982RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.