FRIENDS in Action International - Canada
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 818791212RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($571,750) as filed with the CRA.
FRIENDS in Action International - Canada is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $641K in revenue and $572K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $349K in 2020 to $641K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Missionary organizations evangelism infrastructure development under international development (incudes water sanitation and housing) social services under international development which includes disaster relief and services for aboriginal people in an international setting.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $641K | $572K | $514K | — | — | $401K |
| 2023 | $570K | $651K | $595K | — | — | $332K |
| 2022 | $453K | $432K | $401K | — | — | $413K |
| 2021 | $392K | $265K | $231K | — | — | $393K |
| 2020 | $349K | $334K | $290K | — | — | $265K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72K from 14 charities:
- Link Charity Canada Inc$23K
- Faith Baptist Church Huntsville$13K
- Calvary Baptist Church$8,375
- Christian & Missionary Alliance Church$7,500
- Gorrie Bible Fellowship$5,000
- Port Sydney Bible Chapel$3,000
- Ear Falls Chapel$3,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- Riverside Baptist Church$2,310
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,724
- Upper Falls Baptist Church$1,000
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$800
- Abundance Canada$400
- Springvale Baptist Church$125
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,761
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matt Durkee (executive director); Chris Smerdon (secretary); Irwin Pronk (vice chair); Andrew Hunt (board chair); Matt Durkee (treasurer); Steve Nehlsen (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from FRIENDS in Action International - Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 818791212RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.