Seeds of Hope Childrens Ministry
Charitable organization · Chilliwack, British Columbia · BN 891228280RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,543,252) as filed with the CRA.
Seeds of Hope Childrens Ministry is a charitable organization based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 40 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $265K.
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 82% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity provides ongoing child sponsorship support to underprivileged children in zambia and myanmar. The charity constructs and maintains orphanages in zambia and myanmar. The charity constructs and maintains schools in zambia and myanmar. The charity provides ongoing support including housing food and medicine to women with hiv/aids in thailand.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $81K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2M | $1.5M | $54K | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.5M | $1.9M | $45K | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $2M | $2.2M | $1.6M | — | $5,000 | $812K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.4M | — | — | $984K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $265K from 40 charities:
- Abundance Canada$44K
- Felsen Foundation$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Main Street Church Society$23K
- Mission Bible Fellowship$13K
- Altona Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church$13K
- Jack and Sylvia Gin Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$6,991
- Cedar Valley Mennonite Church$5,198
- Crossway Community Church Canmore$5,000
- Lakeview Heights Baptist Church$5,000
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,000
- Port Kells Church$4,500
- Athabasca Reformed Congregation$4,030
- J. and J. Pruim Foundation$4,000
- Olivet Church Abbotsford$3,600
- Canada Gives$3,400
- Celebrate Foundation$2,000
- Society of the Bethel Community Church of Abbotsford$1,307
- Bethel Bible Chapel$1,275
- Covenant United Reformed Church Inc.$1,255
- Garrison Road Church of the United Brethren in Christ Inc.$1,000
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$324K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wade Godin (director); Eldon Guenther (director); Tami Strople (director); Kim Vanderhaak (director); Elvira Warner (director); Kevin McAllan (director); Brydan Patzer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seeds of Hope Childrens Ministry’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891228280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.