Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity
Charitable organization · Windsor, Ontario · BN 813150364RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,443,416) as filed with the CRA.
Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity is a charitable organization based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $847K in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $147K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $3.9M in 2024, the largest being $3.9M to Canadian National Christian Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The eicc is a confessional evangelical organization whose purpose is the proclamation defence and confirmation of a full-orbed gospel that affirms the lordship of the triune god over all of life and thought. To this end the eicc seeks to resource the canadian churc through training events conferences publishing activities and web based delivery of resources.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $847K | $4.4M | $529K | $174 | $3.9M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $474K | $801K | $747K | $9,007 | $8,253 | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $525K | $1M | $931K | $16K | $5,382 | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $740K | $829K | $768K | $19K | $8,531 | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $580K | $713K | $654K | $21K | $7,735 | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.9M to 2 qualified donees:
Received $147K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$152K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trevor Bertenshaw (pastor); Bart Devries (consultant); William Ravensbergen (self-employed ( president)); Brian Semkiw (self employed); Aaron Rock (pastor); Brad Young.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813150364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.