The Gideons International in Canada Charitable Fund
Public foundation · Guelph, Ontario · BN 822295226RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,955) as filed with the CRA.
The Gideons International in Canada Charitable Fund is a public foundation based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $168K in revenue and $25K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from other charities. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $411K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $21K to ShareWord Global Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,000 in 2020 to $168K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The Charitable Fund receives maintains manages and invests funds for the benefit of the charitable purposes carried out by ShareWord Global Canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $168K | $25K | — | — | $21K | $764K |
| 2023 | $245K | $214K | — | — | $214K | $621K |
| 2022 | $1,258 | — | — | — | — | $590K |
| 2021 | $414K | — | — | — | — | $588K |
| 2020 | $1,000 | $317 | $317 | — | — | $174K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $411K from 36 charities:
- Garnet and Kay Wheaton Foundation$375K
- Grace Valley Church Inc.$7,165
- BenefAction Foundation$6,567
- First Filipino Baptist Church Toronto$2,400
- Grace Baptist Church Inc$1,200
- New Life Christian Church$1,200
- Chapelle de la Résurrection$1,200
- Canoe of Hope$1,200
- Eglise Salut et Délivrance du Canada Inc.$1,200
- Centre chrétien des Bois-Francs$1,200
- Eglise de la Victoire du Québec$1,200
- Ministère d'Évangélisation International du Québec$1,200
- Lumière pour les Nations/Light for the Nations/Luz para as Nacoes$1,200
- Newcastle Fellowship Baptist Church$1,100
- Maitland River Community Church$1,046
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,000
- Crossridge Church$800
- Sonrise Ministries Inc.$800
- Froese Family Foundation$600
- Emmanuel Baptist Church of South Huron$500
- Highfield Street United Baptist Church$500
- Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation$500
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Thunder Bay$483
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$358
- True North Baptist Church Inc.$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vernon Blois (chair); Garnet Wheaton (director); Harris Smith (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gideons International in Canada Charitable Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822295226RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.