The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108082835RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,776,445) as filed with the CRA.
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $13M in revenue and $9.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 55% from other charities. In 2024, 76 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.5M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The general synod office is the central governing and representation of the anglican church of canada responsible for national and international programs of the evangelism ministry and social action.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13M | $9.8M | $5.6M | $328K | $2.7M | $36M |
| 2023 | $11.9M | $10.4M | $6.6M | $321K | $2.5M | $32.1M |
| 2022 | $9.1M | $9.4M | $4.9M | — | $2,645 | $30K |
| 2021 | $12.9M | $8.5M | $4.1M | $298K | $2.8M | $32.2M |
| 2020 | $13.6M | $9M | $4.8M | $348K | $2.7M | $24M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8.5M from 76 charities:
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$2.1M
- Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Toronto$1.5M
- Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron$800K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$555K
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$442K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$436K
- The Diocesan Synod of Fredericton$325K
- The Synid of the Dioces of Montreal$250K
- Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island$250K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$225K
- The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Algoma$175K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Calgary$163K
- The Diocese of Rupert's Land$161K
- The Diocese of the Arctic$143K
- Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ontario$140K
- Synod of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle$135K
- The Diocesan Synod of Western Newfoundland$100K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Saskatchewan$83K
- Synod of the Diocese of Kootenay$80K
- Territory of the People Anglican Church$58K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca$50K
- The Diocesan Synod of Central Newfoundland$35K
- The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Caledonia$28K
- Synod of the Diocese of Yukon$23K
- The Diocese of Saskatoon$21K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Nicholls (director); Alan T. Perry (director); Amal Attia (director); Valerie Kerr (director); Karen Egan (director); Judith Moses (director); David Jones (director); Alexander Cannon Ian (director); Tanya Phipps (director); Clair Burns (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108082835RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.