Prepared to Answer
Charitable organization · Exeter, Ontario · BN 824446538RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($508,606) as filed with the CRA.
Prepared to Answer is a charitable organization based in Exeter, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $430K in revenue and $509K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $248K in 2020 to $430K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Teaching and equipping christians and the christian church both in canada and throughout the world in their faith through in-person and online resourcing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $430K | $509K | $449K | $29K | — | $186K |
| 2023 | $484K | $496K | $409K | $59K | — | $262K |
| 2022 | $369K | $330K | $220K | $13K | $0 | $274K |
| 2021 | $338K | $232K | $188K | $13K | — | $235K |
| 2020 | $248K | $193K | $147K | $6,325 | — | $128K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 9 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$290K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randall Wagler (chair); Merla Gogel (secretary); Stephen Malinowski (director); Shawn Walker (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Prepared to Answer’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824446538RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.