Trans World Radio Canada
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 119129427RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,328,098) as filed with the CRA.
Trans World Radio 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 $4M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 92 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $924K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $166K in 2024, the largest being $154K to Aujourd'hui l'Espoir. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We continue to proclaim the gospel of jesus christ and use discipleship programs with churches small groups individuals and through conferences of teaching preaching music and religious broadcasting through various media (digital media radio broadcasting television) in a number of languages inside and outside canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4.3M | $3.3M | $355K | $166K | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $4M | $4.4M | $3.3M | $401K | $166K | $4.9M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $3.9M | $3M | $309K | $181K | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $3.7M | $2.9M | $230K | $219K | $5.2M |
| 2020 | $4.3M | $3.7M | $2.8M | $265K | $285K | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $166K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $924K from 92 charities:
- The Damascus Road Foundation$266K
- The Christian Organization Trust$100K
- Heppell Family Foundation$45K
- Ross-Shire Foundation$40K
- Peoples Ministries Inc.$38K
- Association of Christian Evangelical Ministries (Canada)$36K
- The High River Baptist Church$30K
- Onesimus Global Foundation$26K
- Heralds of Hope Inc$23K
- Abundance Canada$19K
- Benton Street Baptist Church$17K
- The Daccord Family Foundation$15K
- Voice of Christ Media Ministries$15K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$15K
- First Alliance Church of the Christian and Misionary Alliance$12K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$11K
- Maple Avenue Baptist Church$11K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$10K
- Little Trinity Church$9,000
- The Mantle Foundation$9,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,765
- Okotoks Evangelical Free Church$8,748
- Olivet Baptist Church of Meaford$6,989
- City Centre Baptist Church$6,696
- The Peter Kingma Family Foundation$6,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cassandra Matta (secretary); David Amy (director); Eirene Wee (director); Ross Campbell (chairman); Lorne Strom (director); Christine Lancing (treasurer); Rodney Heppell (director); Cassius Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trans World Radio Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119129427RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.