Northern Spirit Regional Council - the United Church of Canada
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118780261RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($687,752) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Spirit Regional Council - the United Church of Canada is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $943K in revenue and $688K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $764K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $206K in 2024, the largest being $111K to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide support advice and services to Communities of Faith in the areas of human resources property archives and leadership training Provide oversight of Communities of Faith and supporting them in their life and work and ensure compliance with the policies and polity of the United Church To ordain and commission members of the order of ministry recognize Designated Lay Minister and celebrate admission and re-admissions into the order of ministry To speak both pastorally and prophetically while providing education and advocacy on issues that affect the health of our communities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $943K | $688K | $315K | — | $206K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $807K | $710K | $360K | — | $182K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $956K | $335K | — | $459K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $843K | $602K | $306K | — | $151K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $726K | $630K | $337K | — | $143K | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $206K to 7 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$111K
- Jasper United Church$55K
- Athabasca United Church$25K
- ST Andrew's United Church$8,731
- St. Andrew's Anglican Church$4,500
- Riverbend United Church$1,000
- Sherwood Park United Church$950
Received $764K from 12 charities:
- The United Church of Canada$682K
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$50K
- Southminster Steinhauer United Church$22K
- The United Church of Canada$4,000
- Garneau United Church$1,463
- ST. Andrew's United Church$1,455
- The United Church of Canada$750
- Wesley United Church$568
- North Thompson Ecumenical Shared Ministry$500
- Pictou United Church$500
- ST. Paul's United Church$300
- ST Paul's United Church$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$346K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shannon McCarthy (executive minister); Helen Reed (past chair); Donna Kline (treasurer); Leslie Penny (member at large); Leigh Sinclair (chair); Paul Walfall (member at large); Mervin Gallant (member at large); Marilyn Carroll (member at large); Susan Silverthorne (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Spirit Regional Council - the United Church of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118780261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.