Tearfund Canada
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 108222191RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,036,620) as filed with the CRA.
Tearfund Canada is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $8M in revenue and $8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 85% from other charities. In 2024, 76 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $955K.
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 50% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $321K in 2024, the largest being $225K to Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Tearfund is passionate to see all people freed from poverty living transformed lives and reaching their god-given potential. Firmly affirming national leadership we collaborate with church-based partners across the global south to fix the broken relationships at the root of poverty. 1. Church and community transformation: we train and equip local churches to lead lasting change in their communities with local solutions. 2. Food security and livelihoods: we help people feed their families improve dietary intake and generate additional income. 3. Economic empowerment: poverty alleviatio…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8M | $8M | $6.7M | $979K | $321K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $9.7M | $9.4M | $7.9M | $934K | $354K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $9M | $9.4M | $7.7M | $759K | $587K | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $8M | $6.8M | $5.2M | $693K | $672K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $7.6M | $7M | $5.7M | $706K | $359K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $321K to 2 qualified donees:
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$225K
- Youth With a Mission Foundation$96K
Received $955K from 76 charities:
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$327K
- Abundance Canada$131K
- World Charitable Foundation of Canada$81K
- Peoples Ministries Inc.$60K
- Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.$43K
- Blumenort Community Church Inc.$37K
- Gay Lea Foundation$26K
- The Drayton Reformed Church Inc.$26K
- Seacliff Foundation$20K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Koinonia Charitable Trust$15K
- Calvary Baptist Church$14K
- Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation$10K
- Grapeview Free Methodist Church$9,274
- Faith Evangelical Covenant Church of Breton Alberta$8,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$7,000
- Asbury Free Methodist Church$6,939
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,530
- Campbellford Free Methodist Church$5,295
- BenefAction Foundation$4,800
- Emmanuel Reformed Church of Woodstock$4,695
- The Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada$4,650
- Christian Stewardship Services$4,320
- Brookswood Baptist Church$4,107
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Helen Relmer (chair); Reinnie Brandt (treasurer & secretary); Arden Gustafson (vice chair); Maher Nesslm (director); Lyle Kozloff (director); Andrea Leung (director); Nora Teo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tearfund Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108222191RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.