Trust Communications Ministries
Charitable organization · Barrie, Ontario · BN 869738393RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,731,659) as filed with the CRA.
Trust Communications Ministries is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $32K in 2024, the largest being $6,000 to Hope and Healing International. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Operation of a christian based radio station in barrie ontario with 'feeder' stations in owen sound peterborough and huntsville.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | $32K | $959K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | $42K | $984K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | $32K | $906K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | $26K | $675K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | $15K | $413K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $32K to 24 qualified donees:
- Hope and Healing International$6,000
- Turning Point for God of Canada$2,000
- In Touch Ministries of Canada$2,000
- Insight for Living Ministries Canada$2,000
- Haven Ministries Association$2,000
- Focus on the Family (canada) Association$2,000
- The Table Soup Kitchen Foundation$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,100
- Ucb Canada$1,000
- Orillia Christian Centre$1,000
- Charity Intelligence Canada$1,000
- Orillia Community Church$1,000
- Inspire Christian Media Ministries Inc.$1,000
- Hope Barrie$1,000
- Highlands Youth for Christ$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$1,000
- Camp Mini-Yo-We Inc.$1,000
- Barrie Food Bank$511
- Simcoe County Christian High School Society$500
- Pregnancy Care & Family Support Centre Inc.$500
- Grey Bruce Pregnancy Centre$500
- Envisage Pregnancy Services$500
- Christine's Place$500
Received $68K from 29 charities:
- Abundance Canada$35K
- Centre Street Church$7,500
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$2,500
- Northview Community Church of Peterborough Inc.$2,400
- Grace Church Newmarket$2,000
- The Tabitha Charitable Trust$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,880
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,560
- First Christian Reformed Church of Barrie Ont$1,515
- Innisfil Community Church$1,500
- Aurora Cornerstone Church$1,320
- Bethel Community Church of Barrie$1,000
- Uxbridge Baptist Church$1,000
- Gilmour Memorial Baptist Church$630
- King Bible Church$600
- New Hope Methodist Church$600
- Chesley Community Church$550
- Calvary Baptist Church$500
- Hillside Evangelical Missionary Church$500
- Calvary Pentecostal Church$500
- Countryside Community Church$500
- Hepworth Baptist Church$500
- The Church at Selwyn$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$413
- Calvary Missionary Church$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$868K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Cowan (director-chairman); Luke Langman (director-secretary); Chris Woodland (director-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trust Communications Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869738393RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.