James Valley Charitable Trust
Public foundation · Portage la Prairie, Manitoba · BN 899152318RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,079) as filed with the CRA.
James Valley Charitable Trust is a public foundation based in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $26K in revenue and $41K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $9,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Redeeming Love Ministry Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $213K in 2020 to $26K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1. The advancement of religion through the operation of a church and provision of religious instruction. 2. The advancement of education through the operation of a school. 3. The relief of poverty through the provisions of food clothing and temporary shelter to persons in need of such assistance because of their impoverished state.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26K | $41K | $29K | — | $9,000 | $2M |
| 2023 | $41K | $28K | $23K | — | $2,750 | $2M |
| 2022 | $31K | $39K | $35K | — | $1,500 | $2M |
| 2021 | $112K | $111K | $107K | — | $2,000 | $2M |
| 2020 | $213K | $207K | $203K | — | $2,420 | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,000 to 10 qualified donees:
- Redeeming Love Ministry Inc.$5,000
- Eden Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$750
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$500
- Siloam Mission Inc.$500
- Hope and Healing International$250
- Christian Aid Ministries of Waterloo$250
- MS Canada SP Canada$250
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$250
- Canadian Cancer Society$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edward Hofer (secretary); David Hofer (president); Travis Hofer (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from James Valley Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899152318RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.