The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 107951618RR0174 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($582,045) 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 Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $552K in revenue and $582K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 72% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $293K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $7,831 in 2024, the largest being $3,872 to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide a food distribution program; clothing household and hygiene items assistance to low-income individuals and families several days per-week; we provide referral services for vision care addictions and several other community resources; we provide service to people in emergency situations with vouchers for clothing household items and furniture; we provide and share resources with other community food and service programs; we provide financial assistance for summer children's program to surrey residents; we provide volunteer orientation and training regularly through group se…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $552K | $582K | $453K | $33K | $7,831 | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $597K | $535K | $393K | $56K | $5,635 | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $585K | $435K | $47K | $3,719 | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $424K | $469K | $383K | $34K | $1,423 | $991K |
| 2020 | $447K | $476K | $362K | $69K | $3,370 | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,831 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $293K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$328K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Chamness (chief executive officer); Glynden Cross (pastor); Lee Graves (chair); Roxanne Jennings (vice-chair); Diane Cross (pastor); Keith Pike (chief operating 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 107951618RR0174), or read how we compute the receipt.