Scripture Union
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 119143279RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($675,892) as filed with the CRA.
Scripture Union is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $767K in revenue and $676K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $388K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The promotion of christianity through the publication of bible reading materials and child evangelism programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $767K | $676K | $493K | $6,694 | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $715K | $612K | $444K | $5,420 | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $825K | $534K | $373K | $6,723 | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $537K | $422K | $291K | $6,360 | — | $920K |
| 2020 | $667K | $498K | $360K | $7,314 | — | $804K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $388K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$158K
- Canadahelps Canadon$158K
- The Charis Foundation$25K
- Harmony Road Baptist Church$15K
- The Tillsonburg Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary$6,900
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,828
- Maple Avenue Baptist Church$3,300
- Uxbridge Baptist Church$3,200
- Mariann Trust$3,000
- King Christian School Society$2,438
- Knox Presbyterian Church$2,000
- The Drayton Reformed Church Inc.$1,500
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,000
- Logos Baptist Church (mississauga)$1,000
- Logos Baptist Church (mississauga)$1,000
- Fellowship Christian Reformed Church of Brighton$950
- Canada Gives$290
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$207
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$442K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Johnson Charles (director); Jessica Grimes (director); Julie Fitz-Gerald (director); Daniel Mills (director); Yvonne Ford (director); Arnold Sebastian (director); Tanya Yuen (director); Genga Arulampalam (director); Teresa Tong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Scripture Union’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119143279RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.