Hillhurst United Church
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107482598RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,777,116) as filed with the CRA.
Hillhurst United Church is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $11K to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Hillhurst United Church is in affirming Ministry in the heart of Kensington. Our core values are radical hospitality social justice spirituality and risk-taking. We commit to be an inclusive community of faith that follows in the way of Jesus under the banner 'whoever you are wherever you're at join us on the journey'. We strive to accept each other as we are and welcome the ministry and participation of all persons regardless of age gender identity health race sexual orientation differing abilities religious or ethnic background or in economic circumstance. We are a seven day a week chu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.8M | $922K | $3,103 | $11K | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $969K | $1.1M | $1.1M | $4,576 | $10K | $6.2M |
| 2022 | $998K | $1.1M | $1M | $3,384 | $11K | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1M | — | $812 | $14K | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $918K | $847K | — | $12K | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $104K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,99915 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$574K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Pentland (ex-officio- lead minister); Janet Russell (trustee); Bryce Paton (trustee); Anne Kleffner (past chair); David Harker (treasurer); Suzanne Pederson (board member); Evelyn Ko (board member); Lea Komaromi (chair); Robert Perry (executive officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hillhurst United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107482598RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.