Hope Mission
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118962851RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($55,781,295) as filed with the CRA.
Hope Mission is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $57.5M in revenue and $55.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 205 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.2M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 581 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Strathmore Overnight Shelter Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26.8M in 2020 to $57.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Mens and womens services - provide services such as emergency shelters meals housing and recovery programs to homeless and needy individuals afflicted with substance dependency/abuse and other life difficulties. Child services - provide after school programs and meals to children and youth. Youth services - provide care emergency shelter housing and recovery programs for troubled youth. Bethany homes and horses for hope - provide a safe and peaceful environment for women and children brightwood ranch - provide a week long camp to low income or at-risk children and youth. Calgary hope …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $57.5M | $55.8M | $49.9M | $4.2M | $17K | $47.6M |
| 2023 | $46M | $42.9M | $38.5M | $3M | $10K | $44M |
| 2022 | $30.8M | $27.9M | $24.2M | $2.7M | $31K | $40.6M |
| 2021 | $32M | $25.8M | $22.2M | $2.6M | $38K | $36.7M |
| 2020 | $26.8M | $20.8M | $17.3M | $2.6M | $6,000 | $30.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $4.2M from 205 charities:
- Bean Family Foundation$1M
- Canadahelps Canadon$438K
- Canadahelps Canadon$438K
- Trust Under Will of Robert Tegler$250K
- Frasca Foundation Inc.$250K
- Faithful Friends Foundation$200K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$89K
- BenefAction Foundation$87K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$82K
- Fairway Legacy Foundation$80K
- Deo Gratias Foundation$75K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$66K
- Rooke Foundation$65K
- Henry Gusse Foundation$60K
- Aqueduct Foundation$52K
- Crossroads Evangelical Missionary Church Fellowship$42K
- New Life Fellowship Christian Reformed Church Religious Soci$41K
- J.hokanson Family Charitable Foundation$40K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$34K
- Meadowlands Baptist Church$33K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$30K
- Cam & Dawn Allard Family Foundation$30K
- The Ben Sawatzky Foundation$29K
- ATCO Electric Epic$28K
- Munday-Maxwell & Gaylene-Association$27K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions581
- Total compensation, all staff$36.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Anderson (secretary); Darrel Archer (director); Jason Cunningham (director); Faye Galloway-Falk (director); Ron Hystad (director); Jon Meyers (director); Jim Odishaw (vice chair); Margaret Overland (treasurer); Lorne Penner (director); Bruce Reith (executive director); Jim Skinner (chairman); Steve Wollin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hope Mission’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118962851RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.