GFA World
Charitable organization · Stoney Creek, Ontario · BN 107441834RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,846,218) as filed with the CRA.
GFA World is a charitable organization based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $7.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 44 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $168K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $7.1M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Providing education to children. Medical missions - treating the poor and needy in rural areas. Providing assistance in the slums. Literacy programs for illiterate adults. Disaster relief for natural disasters. Providing water for undeveloped communities. Sharing the love of god by meeting the basic needs for those below the poverty line. Sheltering street children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $7.8M | $7.1M | $337K | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $16.7M | $15.7M | $362K | — | $5.5M |
| 2022 | $8.4M | $1.8M | $426K | $279K | — | $16.7M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $4.4M | $2M | $271K | — | $10.1M |
| 2020 | $7.1M | $4.3M | $1.9M | $470K | — | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $168K from 44 charities:
- Ross Ulmer Family Foundation$50K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$30K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$15K
- Soaring Eagles Foundation$9,480
- Abundance Canada$8,800
- Southgate Community Church$6,600
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,456
- Immanuel Retreat Ministries$4,160
- Faithful Friends Foundation$3,000
- Main Street Baptist Church (niagara)$3,000
- Maranatha Fellowship Church of the Deaf$3,000
- Pentecostal Church$2,840
- Picture Butte Mennonite Church (emc)$2,160
- Saskatoon Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,995
- Mountain Bible Chapel$1,802
- Bonnyville Baptist Church$1,632
- Morning Star Ministries Inc.$1,515
- Airport Charitable Trust$1,500
- Immanuel Baptist Church$1,450
- Evangel Chinese Baptist Church$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$920
- Ebenezer Mennonite Church Inc.$840
- Eglise Chretienne Evangelique de Saint-Juste-De-Bretenieres$840
- Eglise Evangelique Baptiste du Phare$800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,99913 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$507K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vraj Lal Raniga (chairman/secretary); Allan Jahnke (board member / treasurer); Daniel Punnose (board member); Harvey David Martens.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from GFA World’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107441834RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.