First Alliance Church of the Christian and Misionary Alliance
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107383721RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,366,006) as filed with the CRA.
First Alliance Church of the Christian and Misionary Alliance is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $7.7M in revenue and $8.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $730K to The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada/ l'Alliance Chretienne et Missionnaire au Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The mission of first alliance church is to introduce people to jesus christ to grow together in full devotion to him and to reproduce this process in others. Our 'life marks' are to connect serve grow and share which is done through a number of programs offered to all age groups: children youth young adults marrieds families singles men women and seniors. To make the community more aware of who we are we offer weekend services youth and children's events and special events such as music concerts and drama presentations. Our charitable activities include but are not limited to p…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $8.4M | $6.9M | — | $1.1M | $27.3M |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $8M | $6.4M | — | $1.1M | $28M |
| 2022 | $7.2M | $7.6M | $6.1M | — | $1.1M | $28.6M |
| 2021 | $8M | $7.2M | $5.9M | — | $995K | $29M |
| 2020 | $8.9M | $8.7M | $6.8M | — | $1.6M | $28.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 22 qualified donees:
- The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada/ l'Alliance Chretienne et Missionnaire au Canada$730K
- The Western Canadian District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$172K
- Youth With A Mission (BC) Society$26K
- Straight Talk Ministries Association$25K
- Camp Chamisall Society$21K
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$18K
- English Language Institute in China Society$14K
- Inca Link Canada$13K
- Chinese International Missions (canada)$13K
- Trans World Radio Canada$12K
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$7,920
- Youth for Christ (winnipeg) Incorporated$7,700
- Radiance Family Society$5,000
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$2,640
- Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society$1,900
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$1,800
- Ambrose University$1,200
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$940
- The Exchange of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$800
- Alexandra Community Health Centre$716
- Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada$300
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$180
Received $195K from 11 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$55K
- The Jacobson Family Foundation$35K
- The Western Canadian District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$29K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Coquitlam Alliance Church$12K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Focus on the Family (canada) Association$9,014
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,504
- Abundance Canada$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
David Orr (chair); Victor Wong (treasurer); Charles Ang (elder); Philip Bauer (secretary); Bradley Emery (elder); B. Andres Gutierrez (elder); Brian Hargreves (elder); Daniel Hui (elder); Michael Mackinnon (elder); Olumide Obafemi (elder); James Paton (lead pastor); Jason Sawers (elder); Arnold Schellenberg (elder).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Alliance Church of the Christian and Misionary Alliance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107383721RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.