Mercy Ships Canada Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 890648249RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,547,669) as filed with the CRA.
Mercy Ships Canada Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.6M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 60 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $449K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.6M in 2020 to $4.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To develop and promote public health a project to provide radiology equipment was offered specifically digital x-ray detectors for the hospital ships the africa mercy and global mercy and patient transport stretchers for the africa mercy. A project to provide equipment specifically a dental hospitainer for the africa mercy hospital ship was also offered. A pharmacy clinical coordinator supported the africa mercy and the global mercy hospital ships. A senior director of education training and advocacy supported the africa mercy and the global mercy hosptial ships. There were 21 longer term…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $3.3M | $929K | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $2.8M | $581K | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $4.5M | $3.8M | $498K | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $2M | $429K | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $1.6M | $986K | $447K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $449K from 60 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$70K
- Canadahelps Canadon$70K
- Henry Gusse Foundation$55K
- The Cheerful Foundation Inc.$25K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- TeachBeyond Inc.$14K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$14K
- Hillsdale Baptist Church$12K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$12K
- The Foundation Office.ca$12K
- Hanson and Vivian Goe Foundation$12K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- Abundance Canada$11K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$10K
- West Vancouver Christian Outreach$10K
- Ross Ulmer Family Foundation$10K
- Noor Cultural Centre Canada$10K
- Drew Foundation Inc$8,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,500
- Grace Community Church Winnipeg Inc.$4,800
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$3,960
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,897
- Hamilton Community Foundation$2,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,458
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$890K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lynda Beaudin (treasurer); Mylene Kosseim (director); Martin Krafft (director); Claire Lewis (director); Bruce Murray (director); Alain-Michel Sekula (chair); Linda Slocombe (director); Abram Toews (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mercy Ships Canada Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890648249RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.