Friends in Formation
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 118933373RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,743,968) as filed with the CRA.
Friends in Formation is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 65 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $968K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Promote prayer for peoples not yet reached with the good news of Jesus Christ. Serve the needs of refugees internally displaced peoples and other migrating peoples. Support Christian workers and volunteers engaged in establishing and discipling communities of Jesus followers. Relieve poverty through community development and education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $35K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | $615 | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2.1M | — | $1,863 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | $1,167 | — |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.1M | — | — | $621K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $968K from 65 charities:
- The Damascus Road Foundation$225K
- Church of the Rock Inc.$214K
- The Foundation Office.ca$92K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- The Evangelical Mennonite Conference$30K
- The Charis Foundation$30K
- Abundance Canada$24K
- Wallenstein Bible Chapel$21K
- Koinonia Charitable Trust$20K
- The Granary Foundation$19K
- Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church$17K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$12K
- Northview Community Church$11K
- Onesimus Global Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Kleefeld Evangelical Mennonite Church$9,936
- Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church Inc.$9,285
- Gorrie Bible Fellowship$9,000
- ST. Clair Community Church$6,800
- Life Connexion of Westlock$6,073
- Bethel Chinese Christian Mennonite Brethern Church$6,000
- Brandt Foundation Inc.$6,000
- Grunthal Bergthaler Mennonite Church$6,000
- Brentwood Park Alliance Church$6,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eva Neufeld (board member); John Archer (secretary); Ian Cubitt (treasurer); Tim Darnell (board chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends in Formation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118933373RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.