S.a.m. Ministries Inc.
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 889976718RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($908,460) as filed with the CRA.
S.a.m. Ministries Inc. is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $747K in revenue and $908K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 48% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $570K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 64 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Conducting of evangelistic meetings and events; provision of food shelter and clothing; provision of humanitarian aid education care and feeding of children; development of self sufficiency skills; church planning activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $747K | $908K | $827K | $0 | $0 | $573K |
| 2023 | $908K | $949K | $854K | — | — | $677K |
| 2022 | $916K | $857K | $737K | — | — | $775K |
| 2021 | $834K | $843K | $725K | $0 | $0 | $717K |
| 2020 | $941K | $810K | — | — | — | $552K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $570K from 31 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$169K
- Canadahelps Canadon$169K
- The Father's House Christian Fellowship$41K
- Richfield Christian Fellowship$38K
- McMurray Gospel Assembly$25K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$13K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$13K
- Living Waters Community Church$12K
- Bethel Pentecostal Assemblies of God$9,200
- Heartland Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$9,137
- Martin Memorial Evangelistic Church of Berrymoor$9,000
- King's Kids Promotions Outreach Ministries Incorporated$9,000
- Inspiration Ministries$8,652
- Carrot Creek Christian Fellowship$8,100
- Abundance Canada$4,800
- Three Hills Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church Society$4,800
- Grunthal Abundant Life Fellowship Inc.$4,800
- Wetaskiwin Full Gospel Fellowship$4,320
- The Edson-Peers Christian Reformed Church$2,965
- Manning Family Worship Centre$2,085
- Dayspring Fellowship Inc.$2,050
- Hardisty Messianic Congregation$1,960
- Kingdom Way Church of Edmonton$1,800
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,405
- First Baptist Church of Red Deer Society$1,390
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions64
- Total compensation, all staff$397K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matthew Christenson (chair); Richard Neufeld (director); Kerstin Deleeuw (secretary); Robbyn Ducheminsky (director); Robert Guzak (vice chair); Dawson Winsor (director); Kimberley Wood (director); Joshua McManus (director); Chelsea McManus (director); Carlos Hajen (director); Albert Kwong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from S.a.m. Ministries Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889976718RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.