The Prayer Palace
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 108092784RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,209,675) as filed with the CRA.
The Prayer Palace is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $19K in 2024, the largest being $15K to The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Conduct religious services christian education hospital and age visitation food bank operation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $3.2M | $2.8M | — | $19K | $23.1M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.7M | — | $61K | $23.3M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.5M | — | — | $23.2M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | — | $23M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.4M | — | — | $22.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $25 from 1 charity:
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
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frank Fernandes (president); Ralston Williams (director); Marlon Knight (director); George Forrest (director); Greg Woo (director); Sam Coronado (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Prayer Palace’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108092784RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.