First Century Foundations
Charitable organization · Barrie, Ontario · BN 107801771RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,982,462) as filed with the CRA.
First Century Foundations is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 61 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $745K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $9,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Our mission statement is that of 'turning hearts around the world towards the land people and gold of israel'. The ministry travels to conduct teaching seminars in churches in canada and encourages christians to pray and intercede for israel. We also provide and support practical and humanitarian aid projects facilitated by christian partner organizations in israel. This activity increased significantly after conflict broke out in october 2023 and as a result more projects were funded that were of an emergency crisis response in nature . As a ministry we produce a tv program( called ' first…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.9M | — | $9,000 | $582K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $49K | $4,000 | $784K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $43K | $11K | $571K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $15K | — | $659K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $941K | — | $3,195 | $632K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,000 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $745K from 61 charities:
- Daystar Television Network - Canada$325K
- The Christian Broadcasting Associates Inc.$66K
- Faithful Friends Foundation$50K
- Beth Shechinah (messianic Congregation (house of Glory)$47K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$35K
- Not by Might Ministries$20K
- Portico Community Church$19K
- Abundant Life Ministries of Edmonton Interdenominational$11K
- Cariboo Christian Life Fellowship$10K
- The Mantle Foundation$10K
- Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church$9,900
- Mapleview Community Church$9,000
- The Voice of Healing Ministries$7,900
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,543
- Calvary Pentecostal Church$6,930
- One Life Church (Lethbridge)$6,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,939
- Bethesda Fellowship$5,800
- Favor International (Church)$5,490
- Calvary Community Church$5,186
- Titan Foundation$5,000
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$5,000
- River of Life$4,928
- Alliance Church Alberta Beach$4,847
- Richmond Pentecostal Church$4,335
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$468K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Jeffrey Futers (executive director); Luciano Lombardi (chairman/president); Douglas Rhind (secretary -treasurer); Jason Cleugh (director); Paula David (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Century Foundations’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107801771RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.