St. Maurice & St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Church
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 822165015RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,272,744) as filed with the CRA.
St. Maurice & St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Church is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.4M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Administring The Liturgy and sacrements according to the Coptic Orthodox Church Christian Education Sunday School Bible Study and evangelism
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.3M | $4.2M | — | — | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $4.3M | $4.1M | — | — | $6.2M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $4.3M | $4.1M | — | — | $6.6M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $3.8M | $3.6M | — | — | $7M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.9M | $3.6M | — | — | $4.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $59K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$517K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pishoy Salama (president); Ron Quan (member); Martin Hanna (vice president); Marlene Awad (secretary); Alfred Azouz (member); Amani Mekael (member); Raef Ghali (treasurer); Sandra Benyamin (member); Engy Azouz (member); Renai Bekhit (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Maurice & St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822165015RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.