The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada
Charitable organization · Listowel, Ontario · BN 107951618RR0243 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,077,327) 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 Listowel, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $946K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $6,374 in 2024, the largest being $4,654 to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $577K in 2020 to $946K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We hold worship services weekly we provide a food bank for the community we operate a thrift store that sells clothes furniture and other goods.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $946K | $1.1M | $967K | $1,493 | $6,374 | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $955K | $813K | $722K | $1,054 | $6,712 | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $803K | $735K | $632K | $1,700 | $5,628 | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $700K | $615K | $535K | $347 | $4,586 | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $577K | $526K | $456K | $2,028 | $8,145 | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,374 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $81K from 15 charities:
- Link Charity Canada Inc$40K
- Listowel Baptist Church$16K
- Knox Presbyterian Church$6,505
- Listowel Agricultural Society$6,246
- Stratford and Perth County Community Foundation$5,835
- Listowel Community Church$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,200
- Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society Western Division$1,200
- Blessings to You Free Center$1,000
- United Way of Perth-Huron$600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$458
- ST Paul's Lutheran Church Wallace Township$120
- ST Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church$100
- Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp Inc.$50
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$552K
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); Wendy Johnstone (corps officer).
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 107951618RR0243), or read how we compute the receipt.