Spiritwind Christian Centre of Guelph
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 119160331RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,384,685) as filed with the CRA.
Spiritwind Christian Centre of Guelph is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $5.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 46% from government. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 59 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Food or clothing banks soup kitchens hostels place of worship congregation parish diocese etc. Day care after school care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.4M | $5.4M | — | — | $6.4M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $4.7M | $4.7M | — | — | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $4.7M | $4.2M | $4.2M | — | — | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $3.6M | $3.6M | — | — | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $2.6M | $2.6M | — | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 25 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$535K
- Canadahelps Canadon$535K
- Food Banks Mississauga$239K
- The Balsillie Family Foundation$100K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$76K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$36K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- The Colwyn and Jean Rich Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$7,800
- LJ Pearson Foundation$5,000
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Water Street Christian Reformed Church of Guelph$3,382
- Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes$3,123
- Living Word Canadian Reformed Church$2,000
- Knox Presbyterian Church$1,522
- Abundance Canada$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,063
- Community of Christ Guelph Congregation$750
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$572
- The Guelph Community Foundation$500
- The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Puslinch$200
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$200
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$49
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions59
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darlene Ruiter (president); Evelyn Rauscher (vice president); Beverley Fung (treasurer); Deb Fitton (secretary); Bob Fitton.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spiritwind Christian Centre of Guelph’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119160331RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.