Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Debre Selam Medhane Alem in Edmonton
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 881547673RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($87,577) as filed with the CRA.
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Debre Selam Medhane Alem in Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $309K in revenue and $88K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2022, the largest being $1,000 to Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Archdiocese Western. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $135K in 2020 to $309K in 2024.
In its own words
Place of worship -children and youth religious language and cultural programs -social outreach and christian fellowship refugee sponsorship program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $309K | $88K | $71K | $2,543 | $1,000 | $3M |
| 2023 | $206K | $95K | $81K | $1,086 | $1,200 | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $190K | $82K | $54K | $9,731 | $1,000 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $155K | $56K | $40K | $3,600 | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $135K | $220K | $200K | — | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Archdiocese Western$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$32K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Debre Selam Medhane Alem in Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881547673RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.