The Charis Foundation
Public foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 891625238RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,082,217) as filed with the CRA.
The Charis Foundation is a public foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 65 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $300K to The Yonge Street Mission. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity receives and maintains funds and applies all or part of the principal and interest therefrom to registered charities pursuant to the income tax (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $4.1M | $856K | — | $3.2M | $48.9M |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $4.1M | $912K | — | $3.2M | $46M |
| 2022 | -$4.5M | $5.1M | $865K | — | $4.2M | $46.6M |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $4.9M | $861K | — | $4M | $56.2M |
| 2020 | $9.4M | $4.8M | $729K | — | $4M | $53.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 65 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Yonge Street Mission$300K
- The Cardus Institute$260K
- International Missions in Ontario Inc.$200K
- Arrow Leadership International Ministries$200K
- Indigenous Pathways Inc.$175K
- Partners International Canada$150K
- The Wellspring Foundation for Education$100K
- Mustard Seed Mission Canada Inc.$100K
- International Teams Canada Inc.$100K
- FH Canada$100K
- Elimu Development Projects$90K
- Asian Outreach International (canada)$75K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$75K
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$60K
- Incarnation Ministries$50K
- New Story Community Recovery Society$50K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$50K
- Edudeo Ministries$50K
- Al-Hoda Islamic Society$40K
- Sanctuary Mental Health Society$40K
- Northwind Family Ministries$40K
- Himalayan Life Canada$40K
- Devxchange International Programs$35K
- Friends in Formation$30K
- Shalem Mental Health Network$30K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$313K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Glynis Macgibbon (directory); John Tabet (director); Brad Klink (director); Rhondalyn Fowler (director); Paul Davidson (director); Janet Nellich (director); Stephen Collins (director); Doreen Harvey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Charis Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891625238RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.