International Messengers Canada Society
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 834526402RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($914,909) as filed with the CRA.
International Messengers Canada Society is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $626K in revenue and $915K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $6,515 in 2024, the largest being $4,945 to Pacific Coast Children's Mission. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $395K in 2020 to $626K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Missionary organization (recruit train & support full-time missionaries who are each doing some or all of the following: church-planting evangelism discipleship and/or serving the poor & needy. English camps other camps religious programs & training of short-term volunteers. Ministry among the remote communities of the coast of b.c. And vancouver island: dba-coastal light vessel ministry. Sponsoring refugees to canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $626K | $915K | $760K | $5,054 | $6,515 | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $740K | $785K | $668K | $11K | $6,150 | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $632K | $543K | $3,897 | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $919K | $447K | $369K | $5,215 | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $395K | $384K | $317K | $2,626 | $50 | $532K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,515 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $72K from 21 charities:
- Calvary Bible Church$20K
- The Kroeker Foundation Incorporated$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,939
- Central Heights Church$7,200
- Abundance Canada$6,300
- Entwistle Community Church$4,200
- The Summit$2,200
- Campbell River Baptist Church$2,040
- Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church$1,833
- Ladysmith Fellowship Baptist Church$1,320
- Emmanuel Christian Community Society$1,200
- New Life Assembly$1,200
- Port McNeill Regular Baptist Church$1,200
- Bridges Home Church Christian Community of Central Vancouver Island$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$999
- Warmland Community Baptist Church$600
- Wilmot Centre Missionary Church$600
- PNG Enterprise Foundation$500
- Quadra Island Bible Church$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$360
- Jabez Blanket Ministry International—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$269K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eugene Fox (director); Craig Merkl (president); Verna Ratzlaff (secretary); Judy Grams (member at large); Cynthia Hebert (vice president); Brad Crossley (interim director); Rhoda Crossley (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from International Messengers Canada Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834526402RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.