The Mustard Seed Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119050102RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,322,806) as filed with the CRA.
The Mustard Seed Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $46.3M in revenue and $46.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 40% from government. In 2024, 53 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 379 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $25.7M in 2020 to $46.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The mustard seed is a christian charitable organization that is servicing vulnerable citizens in alberta and british columbia. In calgary the charity offers an expansive range of innovative programs and services including education and employment health and wellness services basic needs at its emergency shelter for men and women spiritual care and housing. In edmonton the mustard seed offers no-cost meals to men women and children six nights a week and provides free clothing small appliances and hygiene items to thousands of community members who are not able to shop with dignity in …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $46.3M | $46.3M | $37.3M | $3.1M | — | $5.6M |
| 2023 | $40.1M | $40.1M | $33.3M | $3.4M | $244 | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $42.1M | $42.1M | $33.9M | $2.4M | — | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $34M | $31.2M | $26.4M | $1.6M | — | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $25.7M | $25.7M | $20M | $1.9M | — | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3M from 53 charities:
- Calgary Homeless Foundation$1.4M
- The Calgary Foundation$440K
- Canadahelps Canadon$327K
- Canadahelps Canadon$327K
- Aqueduct Foundation$109K
- Danish Lutheran Church$70K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$51K
- The Board of Trustees of the Red Deer Public School District No. 104$41K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$38K
- United Way British Columbia$25K
- Calgary Real Estate Board Charitable Foundation$25K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$25K
- Centre Street Church$21K
- Ypma Family Foundation$20K
- Qube Charitable Foundation$16K
- Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$9,750
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,791
- ST Paul's Foundation (edmonton)$7,235
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,209
- South Calgary Community Church a Congregation of the North American Baptist General Conference$6,000
- Rozsa Foundation$5,000
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$5,000
- The Community Opportunity Foundation of Alberta$5,000
- Foothills Mennonite Church$4,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions379
- Total compensation, all staff$33.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Schular (chair); Reinhart Issler (secretary); Benjamin Wiebe (director); Bonnie Oglivie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mustard Seed Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119050102RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.