Ismc International Student Ministries Canada
Charitable organization · Three Hills, Alberta · BN 129543302RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,260,287) as filed with the CRA.
Ismc International Student Ministries Canada is a charitable organization based in Three Hills, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 77 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $851K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We assist international students attending Canadian colleges and universities by: 1) Organizing social and cultural events; 2) Linking them with Canadian friendship partners; 3) Conducting Christian activities and Bible studies; 4) Providing airport transportation English language studies and used furniture; 5) Holistically mentoring and developing emerging leaders.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $953K | $120K | — | $693K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | $126K | — | $679K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $156K | — | $695K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $131K | — | $696K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $134K | — | $548K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $851K from 77 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$225K
- Canadahelps Canadon$225K
- Oasis Christian Centre$50K
- Hope Bible Church Oakville$29K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$25K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$25K
- Osler Mission Chapel Inc.$21K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$19K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$19K
- The Foundation Office.ca$14K
- Peoples Ministries Inc.$12K
- Calvary Baptist Church - Guelph$12K
- Riverside Community Reformed Church$11K
- Christian Stewardship Services$11K
- Elim Church Saskatoon Inc.$9,900
- Alpha and Omega Foundation$9,000
- Peoples Church of the Associated Gospel Churches in the Province of Quebec$7,195
- Parkcrest Bible Chapel$6,600
- Summit Drive Baptist Church$6,573
- University Chapel$6,000
- Lakeview Baptist Church of Calgary Society$5,610
- Coram Deo Foundation$5,500
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of Cambridge$5,343
- Saanich Community Church$4,699
- Church of our Lord$4,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$937K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cindy Goulden (chair person); Jacky Lau (director secretary); Kenneth Shoemaker (director); Timothy Vermilyea (director); Liwen Zhang (director); James Clayson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ismc International Student Ministries Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129543302RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.