The Damascus Road Foundation
Private foundation · Guelph, Ontario · BN 706656329RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,139,443) as filed with the CRA.
The Damascus Road Foundation is a private foundation based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $44.9M in revenue and $9.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 42 qualified donees totalling $8.3M in 2024, the largest being $926K to Pioneers Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.3M in 2020 to $44.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom to qualified donees by way of charitable grants. Following appropriate research and due diligence selected qualified donees receive funding to advance religion specifically the Christian faith through evangelism or related work.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44.9M | $9.1M | $20K | $0 | $8.3M | $241.6M |
| 2023 | $105.7M | $6.5M | $10K | $5,504 | $5.8M | $205.8M |
| 2022 | -$8.5M | $5.2M | $5,894 | $0 | $4.6M | $106.6M |
| 2021 | $16.6M | $4.6M | $67 | — | $4M | $120.3M |
| 2020 | $8.3M | $4M | $874 | $0 | $3.5M | $108.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8.3M to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Pioneers Canada$926K
- Canadian Bible Society/la Societe Biblique Canadienne$590K
- Power to Change Ministries$529K
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$436K
- Baptist General Conference of Canada$400K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$381K
- Partners International Canada$350K
- Thru the Bible Canada$300K
- Outreach Canada Ministries Inc.$283K
- Message to All Nations (M.A.N.)$275K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$271K
- Trans World Radio Canada$266K
- Pioneers Canada$250K
- The Bible League of Canada$248K
- Friends in Formation$225K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$220K
- Operation Mobilization Canada$218K
- The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada$206K
- Global Disciples Canada$200K
- Sim Canada$181K
- International Christian Response$175K
- MULTIPLY Network$150K
- Message Trust Canada Foundation$132K
- Union d'Églises Baptistes Francophones du Canada$100K
- Harvest of Hope Society$100K
Received $40K from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$261K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart Lang (chair of the board); Gregg Hinzelman (director); Rodney Bergen (director); Shaila Visser (director); Cindy Lambier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Damascus Road Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 706656329RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.