The Great Commission Foundation
Public foundation · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 859928483RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($48,244,513) as filed with the CRA.
The Great Commission Foundation is a public foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $50.9M in revenue and $48.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 462 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12.5M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 78 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 90 qualified donees totalling $3.9M in 2024, the largest being $1M to Shelter Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $30.4M in 2020 to $50.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The entity raises funds for other charities engaged in missionary work evangelism religious colleges and humanitarian aid they also raise funds for project expenses to conduct missionary work evangelism education and humanitarian aid. In addition the entity brings efficiencies to existing registerd canadian charities by providing donations management compliance administration and accounting support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50.9M | $48.2M | $39.3M | $1.3M | $3.9M | $25.8M |
| 2023 | $46.6M | $45.1M | $36.5M | $2.4M | $3.3M | $23.2M |
| 2022 | $42.8M | $39.1M | $32.6M | $1.4M | $2.6M | $21.6M |
| 2021 | $36.6M | $42.8M | $25.6M | $396K | $13.5M | $17.9M |
| 2020 | $30.4M | $29.2M | $19.5M | $329K | $535K | $30.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.9M to 90 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Shelter Canada$1M
- Ambassadors for Christ in Canada$672K
- Great Commission Media Ministries$552K
- Eagles Nest Ranch Association$396K
- Bezulu International Society$202K
- G2G Foundation$139K
- Prison Fellowship International Canada$100K
- Erdo$50K
- Ally Global Foundation$47K
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$42K
- Her Victory Society Calgary$42K
- Bethany Relief and Rehabilitation International (canada) Inc.$32K
- Compassion Canada$31K
- Wagner Hills Farm Society$30K
- Skidmore Foundation$30K
- Grunthal Abundant Life Fellowship Inc.$30K
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$25K
- Life Lessons From the Bible$25K
- Kurumbuka Leadership Solutions Foundation$25K
- 99One Ministries$25K
- Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada$24K
- Imani Orphan Care Foundation$21K
- Frontier Camping Society$18K
- Église Urbaine 180?/180? Urban Church$18K
- Power to Change Ministries$17K
Received $12.5M from 462 charities:
- Coram Deo Foundation$2.9M
- Abundance Canada$1.5M
- Munday-Maxwell & Gaylene-Association$795K
- The Foundation Office.ca$778K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$571K
- World Charitable Foundation of Canada$344K
- Masterpiece Charitable Foundation$275K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$271K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$245K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$235K
- Centre Street Church$197K
- BenefAction Foundation$155K
- Kelowna Trinity Baptist Church$150K
- Bethany Community Church of ST. Catharines$130K
- Northview Community Church$93K
- Canadahelps Canadon$93K
- Canadahelps Canadon$93K
- Village Church BC Society$85K
- Jericho Foundation$83K
- United Way British Columbia$70K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$68K
- Cidel Foundation$65K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$63K
- G2G Foundation$61K
- Oakville Community Foundation$60K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions78
- Total compensation, all staff$11.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart Rempel (trustee/founder); Nestor Turczan (trustee); Norm Schulz (trustee/chair); David Anderson (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Great Commission Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859928483RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.