Sim Canada
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 129947537RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($13,822,569) as filed with the CRA.
Sim Canada is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $15M in revenue and $13.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 367 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.4M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 134 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Partner with local churches to mobilize people & other resources-both overseas & canada; partner with local churches and mission agencies to help immigrants into canadian society and churches; seek to develop interest in missions in canadian churches theological schools and individuals; trains and sends out missionaries and manage funds received for these purposes; provide education including theological training literacy & linguistic translation; provide medical & dental assistance as well as training medical personnel; provide relief and development assistance including agriculture …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15M | $13.8M | $12.4M | $146K | — | $14.7M |
| 2023 | $13.9M | $13.4M | $12M | $140K | $8,000 | $13.5M |
| 2022 | $13.5M | $13M | $11.6M | $116K | — | $13M |
| 2021 | $13M | $11.4M | $10.2M | $86K | — | $12.5M |
| 2020 | $11.8M | $11.4M | $11M | $98K | — | $10.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4.4M from 367 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$521K
- Canadahelps Canadon$521K
- Ross-Shire Foundation$217K
- The Damascus Road Foundation$181K
- Peoples Ministries Inc.$175K
- Yonge-Rosedale Charitable Foundation$150K
- The Bridgeworks Hope to the World Foundation$120K
- The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada$74K
- Abundance Canada$65K
- North Toronto Chinese Baptist Church$62K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$50K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$48K
- Chinese Gospel Church of Toronto$43K
- Hope Bible Church Oakville$40K
- Evangelical Church of the Deaf$36K
- F.C. Li Family Foundation$35K
- Calvary Church Toronto$33K
- Wallenstein Bible Chapel$31K
- Fellowship Baptist Church (cobourg)$30K
- The Voice of the Martyrs Inc.$30K
- Philpott Memorial Church$28K
- Bridgeway Foundation$27K
- Centre Street Church$26K
- Heppell Family Foundation$25K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions134
- Total compensation, all staff$7.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Mitton (director); Gary Coghill (director); Leevin Mah (director); Andy Paterson; Eric Reynolds (director); John Steadman (director); Shin Susie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sim Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129947537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.