Ray of Hope Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 129795332RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,518,046) as filed with the CRA.
Ray of Hope Inc. is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $8.8M in revenue and $8.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 57 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $567K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 112 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Ray of hope inc. Operates two young offender custody and detention facilities a section 23 school under youth justice a residential and out patient youth addiction centre and a drop-in centre for economically disadvantaged persons. All of these services incorporate the mission of the organization to 'demonstrate the love of christ with those that are disadvantaged marginalized or troubled'
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $8.5M | $7.9M | — | — | $7.8M |
| 2023 | $8.4M | $7.6M | $7.1M | — | — | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $8.3M | $7.7M | $7.2M | $2,000 | — | $6.9M |
| 2021 | $9.3M | $9.8M | $8.2M | — | $1M | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $8.6M | $8.5M | $8M | $5,771 | — | $6.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $567K from 57 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$203K
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Abundance Canada$23K
- Williams Wilson Sherport Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly$10K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$10K
- Flanagan Family Foundation$9,000
- Creekside Church$8,400
- Maple View Mennonite Church$8,252
- Crystal View Mennonite Church$7,000
- Faith Mennonite Church$6,360
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Mennonite Central Committee Ontario$4,972
- Crosshill Mennonite Church$4,935
- Stanley Park Baptist Church$4,350
- Woodside Bible Fellowship$4,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- Shantz Mennonite Church$3,666
- Lincoln Road Chapel$3,600
- The First Christian Reformed Church of Kitchener Inc.$3,433
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$3,288
- Martin Luther Evangelical Church Inc.$3,100
- Base Church$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions112
- Total compensation, all staff$6.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Del Brubacher (director); Warren Griffin (secretary); Scott Starra (director); Hilda Deboer (director); David Barker (director); Christy Macdonald (director/treasurer); Jennifer Lambert (director); Paul Wagler (director); Harold Albrecht (director); Jim Stirtzinger (director); Rachel Weiler (director); Shelley Stone (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ray of Hope Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129795332RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.