Rising Above Ministry Grande Prairie
Charitable organization · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 809800469RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,117,747) as filed with the CRA.
Rising Above Ministry Grande Prairie is a charitable organization based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
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 49% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Life skills housing employment readiness personal development spritual formation programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.1M | $976K | $73K | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1M | $860K | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $903K | $778K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $1M | $821K | $707K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $708K | $609K | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 16 charities:
- Abundance Canada$50K
- Grande Prairie Church of Christ$6,278
- Valleyview Pentecostal Evangel Temple$4,000
- Bezanson Community Church$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,914
- Bethel Pentecostal Assemblies of God$2,500
- Valhalla Evangelical Lutheran Church$2,425
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,920
- Olivia Marshall Private Foundation$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$553
- Faith Lutheran Church$500
- Christ Lutheran Church$500
- Church of the Nazarene Canada$280
- Webster Community Church$200
- The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$45
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$29
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$629K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenden Bozlovitch (director); William Nesbitt (director); Julie Pravitz (director); Nicki George (director); Rory Tarrant (chairperson); Dan Rigler (officer); Melvin Siggelkow (executive director); Darryl McKay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rising Above Ministry Grande Prairie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809800469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.