The Voice of the Martyrs Inc.
Charitable organization · Streetsville, Ontario · BN 107534307RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,716,859) as filed with the CRA.
The Voice of the Martyrs Inc. is a charitable organization based in Streetsville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 141 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $333K in 2024, the largest being $89K to Operation Mobilization Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Our missions has four main pruposes: 1. To preach and advance the teachings of christianity and the religious tenets doctrines observances and culture associated with the faith where christians are being persecuted. 2. To support and maintain christian missions where christians are persecuted. 3. To provide for relief to impoverished christians and their families who are persecuted. 4. To educate the canadian public regarding the experience and religious teachings of persecuted christians. Each year a large part of the canadian activities consists of informing the public about true cond…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $5.7M | $4.5M | $166K | $333K | $5M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5M | $3.5M | $165K | $487K | $5.9M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.3M | $2.9M | $137K | $476K | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.1M | $3.1M | $126K | $474K | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $3.5M | $2.7M | $122K | $146K | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $333K to 15 qualified donees:
- Operation Mobilization Canada$89K
- Galcom International Incorporated$36K
- Sim Canada$30K
- Step International Foundation$30K
- TeachBeyond Inc.$27K
- Cornerstone Asian Church Canada$25K
- Beyond Borders Ministries$21K
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- I.d. Ministries$11K
- Inroads International$10K
- International Christian Mission Services$10K
- Global Disciples Canada$5,796
- Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times$5,000
- Heart of Jesus Church$3,200
Received $1.5M from 141 charities:
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$680K
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- Church on the Queensway$94K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$55K
- Abundance Canada$38K
- Crossroads Christian Communications Incorporated$33K
- Christian Stewardship Services$32K
- Parkland Reformed Church of Ponoka$18K
- The Toronto Evangelistic Association$17K
- The Foundation Office.ca$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$10K
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Listowel$9,820
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$9,750
- Faith Mennonite Church$8,778
- Forestview Bible Church (burlington Ontario)$8,000
- The Mantle Foundation$7,500
- Faith Church of Winnipeg Inc.$7,459
- Calvary Chapel Irricana$6,200
- Vineland Free Reformed Church$6,121
- United Reformed Church of Thunder Bay$5,871
- Evangelical Bergthaler Mennonite Conference$5,500
- Cornerstone Baptist Church Orillia$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tesfaye Debela (director); Mario Gaulin (secretary); Donald Hutchinson (director); Harold Albrecht (director); Mostafa Safari Molkekian (director); Emma Kate Dipper (director); Christine Margaret Macmillan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Voice of the Martyrs Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107534307RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.