Global Scholars Canada
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 899672364RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($324,872) as filed with the CRA.
Global Scholars Canada is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $405K in revenue and $325K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $263K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The mission of global scholars canada is to identify develop send equip and support missional christian academics for work primarily in open enrollment post secondary institutions around the world with the objective to inspire and influence students and university communities with the promise of christian vocation and worldview for deeper participation in god's kingdom including the flourishing of people and the planet locally and globally.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $405K | $325K | $299K | — | — | $128K |
| 2023 | $299K | $264K | $294K | — | — | $119K |
| 2022 | $300K | $343K | $329K | — | — | $113K |
| 2021 | $352K | $346K | $330K | — | — | $116K |
| 2020 | $356K | $288K | $272K | — | — | $100K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $263K from 24 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$61K
- Canadahelps Canadon$61K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$50K
- Coram Deo Foundation$20K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$10K
- The Evangelical Free Church of Lethbridge$8,400
- West Point Grey Baptist Church$7,000
- Downsview Presbyterian Church$6,000
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Brantford$5,511
- Calvin (dundas) Christian Reformed Church$5,246
- Grace Valley Church (Dundas)$5,000
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$5,000
- The Doug and June Barber Family Foundation$5,000
- Tenth Avenue Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$3,600
- Grace Christian Reformed Church of Welland$3,481
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,250
- Jimmy Chee Foundation$1,000
- Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church$1,000
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Smithville Christian Reformed Church$631
- First Christian Reformed Church of Toronto$544
- Friend of Nations Christian Reformed Church$500
- First Baptist Church$303
- Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$221K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Leigh Morbey (vice chair); Johan Fernhout (chair); Deborah Bowen (director); Ruth Hayhoe (secretary); Mangus Mfoafo-M'carthy (director); Steven Sider (director); Kathleen Vanderkloet (treasurer); Gang LI (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Global Scholars Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899672364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.