Sunwest Christian Fellowship
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 892537952RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,463,673) as filed with the CRA.
Sunwest Christian Fellowship is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,469.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $117K in 2024, the largest being $36K to Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethern Churches. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To provide religious services and studies for all ages.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $969K | — | $117K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $920K | — | $126K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $698K | — | $99K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $686K | — | $234K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $995K | — | $115K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $117K to 11 qualified donees:
- Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethern Churches$36K
- Mennonite Central Committee Alberta$32K
- Youth With A Mission (BC) Society$16K
- MULTIPLY Network$12K
- Youth for Christ Association of Calgary$8,950
- Partners Relief and Development Canada Foundation$5,100
- Camp Evergreen Mennonite Brethren Ministries Sundre$2,600
- Columbia Bible College$2,000
- Ambrose University$1,000
- Prairie Bible Institute$1,000
- Compassion Canada$664
Received $8,469 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$537K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darron Froese (treasurer); Carla Berg (chair); Andrew Haggith (vice chair/secretary); Kelvin Block (board member); Lindsay Tackaberry (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sunwest Christian Fellowship’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892537952RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.