Gracelife Church of Edmonton
Charitable organization · Spruce Grove, Alberta · BN 819499278RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,127,695) as filed with the CRA.
Gracelife Church of Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Spruce Grove, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $801K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The charity operates as a church offering spiritual guidance counselling scriptural interpretations and teaching
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.2M | $981K | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1M | $836K | — | $117K | $3M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $704K | $644K | — | $58K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $801K | $595K | $556K | — | $62K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$560K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Coates (pastor-teacher); Jacob Spenst (associate pastor); Bradley Bredenhof (treasurer/pastor); Adam Pillidge (chairman/staff pastor); Mark Blackburn (secretary/staff pastor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gracelife Church of Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819499278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.