Pioneers Canada
Charitable organization · Dorchester, Ontario · BN 119160901RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,483,799) as filed with the CRA.
Pioneers Canada is a charitable organization based in Dorchester, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $7.3M in revenue and $7.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 56% from other charities. In 2024, 170 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.5M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 66 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,501 in 2024, the largest being $5,501 to The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Promote the word of god and to aid in spreading the gospel of jesus christ to the end of the earth. We challenge and assist people to minister to the unreached. We participate in conferences at churches bible colleges and universities for recruiting. Our missionaries work in partnership with local churches in canada and overseas. They may serve as pastors church planters or bible teachers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.3M | $7.5M | $6.8M | $284K | $5,501 | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $7.5M | $7.3M | $6.7M | $278K | $9,146 | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $6.1M | $5.5M | $267K | $13K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $5.1M | $4.6M | $207K | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $5M | $4.7M | $4.2M | $177K | $5,263 | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,501 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.5M from 170 charities:
- The Damascus Road Foundation$926K
- The Damascus Road Foundation$250K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$117K
- Aqueduct Foundation$77K
- North York (chinese) Baptist Church$51K
- The Foundation Office.ca$45K
- The Wave Ministries$44K
- Grace Fellowship Church of West Toronto$35K
- Grace Chapel of Markham$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Abundance Canada$24K
- Central Heights Church$23K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church$18K
- South Vancouver Pacific Grace MB Church$16K
- Onesimus Global Foundation$15K
- Hilda Baptist Church$15K
- Ypma Family Foundation$15K
- Salem Church of Waldheim Saskatchewan Inc.$15K
- Anglican Network Church of the Good Shepherd (Richmond)$14K
- Chapelle Bonne Nouvelle/ Good News Chapel/ Cappella Buona Novella$14K
- Grace Evangelical Bible Church Society$13K
- Fort Garry Evangelical Mennonite Church$13K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$13K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions66
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Harris (director); Shelly Kearns (chair); Gordon Oeste (director); Greg Patus (vice chair); Elizabeth Silviera (treasurer); Robert Sutherland (director); Bernard Tangelder (director); Tom Ward (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pioneers Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119160901RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.