The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107951618RR0145 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,052,118) as filed with the CRA.
The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $10.2M in revenue and $10.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 29 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 99 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $42K in 2024, the largest being $29K to The Salvation Army Alberta & Northern Territories Division. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We operate 24 – hour group homes support semi – independent community access and employment programs for adult (18+) individuals with developmental disabilities. We provide temporary housing and assist chronic homeless people in reaching self sufficiency. We provide shelters for people living in homelessness. We operate a food program where we provide food to our shelter guests a bag lunch program to our community and homeless. We donate funds to denomination headquarters for overseas missionary activities. We operate emergency disaster relief vehicle that aids emergency service workers and…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.2M | $10.1M | $9.2M | $38K | $42K | $5M |
| 2023 | $9.1M | $9.5M | $8.7M | $36K | $23K | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $9M | $8.9M | $8.1M | $26K | $15K | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $10.7M | $9M | $8.1M | $12K | $229K | $5M |
| 2020 | $9.2M | $9.3M | $8.4M | $51K | $137K | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $42K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $15K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions99
- Total compensation, all staff$7.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lee Graves (chair); John Chamness (chief executive officer); Keith Pike (chief operating officer); Roxanne Jennings (vice-chair); Charlene Vincent (pastor); Corvin Vincent (pastor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951618RR0145), or read how we compute the receipt.