The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107951618RR0317 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($779,985) 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 Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $875K in revenue and $780K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $248K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $33K in 2024, the largest being $16K 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 hold worship services weekly. We provide ministries for women men youth children weekly we run cultural integration programmes (language and immigration) we run instrumental and vocal music programmes we hold a senior care programme weekly we give pastoral care we run a food bank and day care centre we donate funds to divisional headquarters for overseas missionary activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $875K | $780K | $638K | $23K | $33K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $877K | $754K | $9,421 | $33K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $838K | $520K | $412K | $7,638 | $29K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $828K | $577K | $500K | $2,255 | $24K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $1M | $453K | $369K | $6,128 | $29K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $33K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $248K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$411K
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); Scott Allen (pastor/corps officer); Cathy Allen (pastor/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 107951618RR0317), or read how we compute the receipt.