The Good News Broadcasting Association of Canada
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 108083197RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,374,475) as filed with the CRA.
The Good News Broadcasting Association of Canada is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $277K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $484 in 2024, the largest being $484 to United Way of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The general charitable activities during the fiscal year have been to teach and preach the gospel of jesus christ and the message of the holy scriptures by means of radio television bible study courses bible classes and other educational media. To fund mission programs through the world
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.4M | $2.6M | $482K | $484 | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $3.5M | $2.7M | $451K | — | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $3.2M | $2.3M | $422K | $98K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $2.5M | $1.8M | $327K | $23K | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $2M | $297K | $23K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $484 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $277K from 35 charities:
- Abundance Canada$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Faithful Friends Foundation$25K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$25K
- Seacliff Foundation$23K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$16K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$10K
- David Ash Family Foundation$10K
- Ypma Family Foundation$10K
- WCPD Foundation$10K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$8,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$6,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,752
- Jed Foundation$5,000
- The Tabitha Charitable Trust$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$4,450
- Winkler Mennonite Church Inc$3,089
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,936
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$2,500
- Riverbend Charitable Trust$2,200
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,138
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Buick Gospel Mission$1,200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Stevens (director); Martin Harder (director); Chris Becker (president and chair); John Wiebe (vice president); Brian Louie (secretary-treasurer); Mark Wensley (director); Paul Park (director); Jane Looby (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Good News Broadcasting Association of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108083197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.