The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 107951618RR0277 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,411,409) 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 Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $200K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2.2M in 2024, the largest being $2M to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $451K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We hold worship services weekly we provide ministries for women men seniors youth and children weekly we provide pastoral care we support a summer camp opportunity for recreation and religious programs we donate funds to denominational headquarters for overseas missionary activities we provide weekly instrumental programs for children youth and adults we donate funds to denomination headquarters for divisional church plantswe provided a community garden opportunity for the community we provided an outdoor community rink for the community we provide a kung fu for chirst program for childre…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $3.4M | $1.1M | $38K | $2.2M | $8.8M |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $1M | $870K | $27K | $44K | $10.4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $921K | $757K | $11K | $23K | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $841K | $718K | $7,590 | $18K | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $451K | $431K | $352K | — | $41K | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.2M to 2 qualified donees:
Received $200K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$547K
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); Cory Fifield (pastor); Kelly Fifield (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 107951618RR0277), or read how we compute the receipt.