Hungry for Life International
Charitable organization · Chilliwack, British Columbia · BN 862048758RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,081,262) as filed with the CRA.
Hungry for Life International is a charitable organization based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 44% from other charities. In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $66K in 2024, the largest being $51K to Commission to Every Nation Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $5.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Initiate local church mobilize short-term mission activities and planning international humitarian aid project development including clean waterwells feed programs and orphan care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.1M | $4.4M | $97K | $66K | $1M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $5M | $4.4M | $59K | $56K | $839K |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $4.7M | $32K | $76K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.6M | $31K | $53K | $834K |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.2M | $17K | $67K | $827K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $66K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $1.7M from 42 charities:
- Abundance Canada$567K
- Westbow Foundation$495K
- Coquitlam Alliance Church$134K
- Tenth Avenue Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$65K
- Renew Church$51K
- Canadian Reformed World Relief Fund$50K
- Fraser Valley Gleaners Society$41K
- Fort ST John Alliance Church$40K
- First Mennonite Church Greendale$31K
- Stittsville Community Bible Church Ministry Corporation$31K
- Celtic Cross Charitable Foundation Trust$30K
- Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack B.C.$23K
- Beach Corner Evangelical Free Church$20K
- Peace Portal Alliance Church of the Christian & Missionary Alliance CDN Pacific District$15K
- The Sawatzky Specialties Foundation$12K
- Broadway Mennonite Brethren Church$10K
- The Great Commission Foundation$10K
- McKernan Baptist Church of Edmonton Alberta$10K
- Ocean Park Foundation$10K
- Hillside Community Church$9,858
- Cross Connection Church Society$8,425
- Terrace Evangelical Free Church$8,400
- Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Chilliwack British Columbia$7,000
- Chilliwack House Churches of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$5,484
- Cochrane Alliance Church$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Street (director); Kathy Krahn (secretary); Dwayne Toews (chair); Yvonne Yua (director); Benjamin Cobaschi (treasurer); Lo Jessica (director); Adrian Harvey (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hungry for Life International’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862048758RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.