Hope Story
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 872164561RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($684,720) as filed with the CRA.
Hope Story is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $685K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 15% from government, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $581K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $37K in 2024, the largest being $37K to Hope Story. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Working around the world hope story is a christian charity located in cambridge ontario with a mission to help vulnerable children access education health and discipleship through their local church. The in-country churches we partner with are actively meeting the needs of children in their communities. Our role is to accelerate and grow these ministries by providing financial supprort strategic planning policy guidance and project management expertise so they can make a meaningful and sustainable difference.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $685K | $360K | $61K | $37K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $38K | $74K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $24K | $24K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $49K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $764K | $12K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $37K to 1 qualified donee:
- Hope Story$37K
Received $581K from 35 charities:
- The Foundation Office.ca$165K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$95K
- Forward Baptist Church Cambridge$58K
- Hope Story$37K
- Kehila Foundation$30K
- Bridgeway Foundation$25K
- Hespeler Baptist Church$21K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$20K
- Luke Four Foundation$17K
- The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation$15K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$14K
- Church of the City$9,000
- Albion Hills Bible Church$7,180
- Crestwicke Baptist Church$6,412
- Calvary Pentecostal Assembly$6,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$5,000
- Oakridge Bible Chapel$4,500
- Cedar Creek Community Church$4,320
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,273
- Middle East Baptist Church$3,000
- Kortright Presbyterian Church$2,700
- Erindale Bible Chapel$2,612
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,000
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$1,925
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$368K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tyler Stiller (vice chair); Chris Reynolds (chair); Paul Thompson (treasurer); Alex Chinn (member); Shayna Winn (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hope Story’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872164561RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.