Sat-7 Canada
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 858653975RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($153,451) as filed with the CRA.
Sat-7 Canada is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $84K in revenue and $153K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $187K in 2020 to $84K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Sat-7 canada continues to promote the spiritual teachings of christianity encouraging and aiding the growth nuture and spread of the christian religion and sustain the doctrine and spiritual observances among the minority of ethnic groups in canada and around the world. Sat-7 canada continues to conduct seminars orientation sessions and training days for people to understand the culture and faith of people of the middle east and north america to build bridges and promote and inclusive canadian culture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $84K | $153K | $140K | — | — | $34K |
| 2023 | $183K | $186K | $156K | — | — | $103K |
| 2022 | $143K | $166K | $96K | $47K | — | $121K |
| 2021 | $111K | $116K | $52K | — | — | $133K |
| 2020 | $187K | $98K | $43K | — | — | $242K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,269
- Forward Baptist Church$2,000
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,800
- Grunthal Evangelical Bible Church Inc.$1,623
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,500
- Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church (lindsay)$1,500
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$1,214
- Abundance Canada$1,200
- Cote des Neiges Presbyterian Church$1,050
- Bethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church$1,000
- Riverside Baptist Church$880
- The Dorean Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$68K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Steadman (treasurer); Victor Grieco (board member); Dan Vanmeer (secretary); Hany Boghossian (chairman); Sherif Ghobrial (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sat-7 Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858653975RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.