Thru the Bible Canada
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 119264059RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,369,684) as filed with the CRA.
Thru the Bible Canada is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $385K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $113K in 2024, the largest being $108K to ShareWord Global Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Distributing the teaching content of dr. J. Vernon mcgee in canada and throughout the world. This is accomplished through radio tv digital and social media platforms as well as through christians in various countries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | $113K | $529K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | $13K | $532K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | $35K | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $970K | $953K | $934K | — | — | $656K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $113K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $385K from 15 charities:
- The Damascus Road Foundation$300K
- Faithful Friends Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,712
- The Tabitha Charitable Trust$5,000
- Trust Under Will of Laurel Currie Turnbull$4,469
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,821
- Lakeside Baptist Church of Kenora$3,400
- Rooke Foundation$2,397
- Forward Baptist Church$2,100
- Rock Mills Fellowship Baptist Church$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,835
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,294
- Bethel Bible Chapel$1,275
- Abundance Canada$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$729
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$186K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leo Karlyn (past chairman); Steve Schwetz (vice president); Robert Kern (secretary/treasurer); Gregg Harris (president); McDaniel Phillips (director); Rob Yardley (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thru the Bible Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119264059RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.