Unity Church of Calgary
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 869365148RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($82,150) as filed with the CRA.
Unity Church of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $133K in revenue and $82K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $300.
Compared with 62 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $744 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Unity of Vancouver. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $60K in 2020 to $133K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Unity of calgary provides spiritually uplifting speakers music movies seminars workshops to help inspire people to make choices that benefit them and society. We provide regular sunday spiritual services for the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $133K | $82K | — | — | $7,480 | $0 |
| 2023 | $122K | $72K | $0 | $0 | $5,357 | $72K |
| 2022 | $55K | $67K | $2,569 | — | $961 | $0 |
| 2021 | $68K | $82K | — | — | $7,398 | $27K |
| 2020 | $60K | $52K | $37K | — | $5,663 | $441K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $744 to 2 qualified donees:
- Unity of Vancouver$500
- Unity Windsor$244
Received $300 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Claude Pellerin (secretary); Stephen Belgrave (president); Elizabeth Kurjata (treasurer); Robert Ellwood (vice president); Brenda Hall (board member at large); Douglas Kalin (board member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Unity Church of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869365148RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.