Mercy and Caring Children's Homes
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 813790078RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($217,179) as filed with the CRA.
Mercy and Caring Children's Homes is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $221K in revenue and $217K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $62K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $143K in 2020 to $221K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. The Charity has 97 children receiving care (74 primary 23 secondary 0 post secondary). 79 of these children (44 boys and 55 girls) live onsite and receive personalized care so they can thrive get educated and have fun just being kids. 2. The Charity also supports 18 home-based children (9 boys/9 girls) with education costs uniforms school supplies and hygiene items. 3. In addition to educating children from impoverished backgrounds the charity also provides employment for 22 local Kenyans. 4. To equip the children to be a blessing and benefit the community the Charity has a church …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $221K | $217K | $200K | — | — | $73K |
| 2023 | $193K | $143K | $130K | — | — | $84K |
| 2022 | $161K | $165K | $154K | $0 | $0 | $33K |
| 2021 | $169K | $146K | $137K | $0 | $0 | $37K |
| 2020 | $143K | $150K | $142K | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $62K from 8 charities:
- The Paul Initiative Ministry$23K
- Christ the King Community Church of Gibsons$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Calvary Chapel London$2,500
- Calvary Baptist Church of Gibsons$2,101
- Sunshine Coast Calvary Fellowship Church$1,000
- Bethel Baptist Church Sechelt$700
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$40
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99922 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$43K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Cahill (trustee); James Kamau (treasurer); Edward Hickey (trustee); Nathaniel Pearl (trustee); Megin Pearl (secretary); Cheryl Hickey (president); Joyce Shepherd (trustee); Matthew Rowan (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mercy and Caring Children's Homes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813790078RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.