The Altar Ministries of Canada (drayton Valley)
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 892473323RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($248,603) as filed with the CRA.
The Altar Ministries of Canada (drayton Valley) is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $170K in revenue and $249K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 19% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,713.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $74K in 2020 to $170K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Holds meetings of worship & prayer provides ministry and counselling for personal development preparing location sites for community events involvement in community activities and programs through various outreaches cultural participation in community events through use of volunteers holding leadership meetings and training programs for children youth and adults throughout local communities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $170K | $249K | $240K | — | — | $464K |
| 2023 | $298K | $163K | $155K | — | $1,000 | $536K |
| 2022 | $419K | $253K | $235K | — | $5,000 | $401K |
| 2021 | $158K | $133K | $102K | — | $1,000 | $234K |
| 2020 | $74K | $72K | $61K | — | $1,000 | $209K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,713 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$80K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Archie Mark (president and pastor); Cheryl Mark (director and pastor); Alex Florence (director); Peter Nash (director); Cara Holmatrom (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Altar Ministries of Canada (drayton Valley)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892473323RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.