Hope Restored Canada
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 799796115RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($877,814) as filed with the CRA.
Hope Restored Canada is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 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 $1M in revenue and $878K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 64% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $335K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $207K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Assisting people in crisis through acts of practical service. This is to improve healthy living by supporting personal restoration as well as encouraging community opportunities to assist those in transition from slavery prostitution and other forms of bondage. Eradicating sexual exploitation & trafficking through the 'h.o.p.e. Model': (physically mentally emotionally and spiritually)_ by providing: recovery programs support groups mentorship access to transitional housing are case planning. Outreach - compassion empathy holistic support and caring intervention through the following: …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $878K | $795K | — | — | $543K |
| 2023 | $839K | $569K | $506K | — | — | $371K |
| 2022 | $545K | $442K | $368K | $1,760 | — | $114K |
| 2021 | $380K | $383K | $353K | — | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $207K | $201K | $171K | — | — | $48K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $335K from 15 charities:
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$105K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$50K
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$30K
- Prairie Action Foundation Corporation$7,500
- IWIN (I'm Worth It Now)$7,342
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Episcopal Corporation of Saskatoon$1,578
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- ZLC Foundation$1,000
- The Rock Church Inc$750
- Faith River Christian Fellowship Inc.$450
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$556K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dailene Kells (chair); Michelle Busa (secretary); Mary Smile (vice chair); Morris Markentin (member-at-large); Taylor Bassingthwaite (treasurer); Erin Kulhawy (member-at-large); Mary Culbertson (member-at-large); Tara Manninen (member-at-large); Isobel O'Donnell (member-at-large); Liz LI (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hope Restored Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 799796115RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.