Vision Ministries Canada
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 140774514RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,555,969) as filed with the CRA.
Vision Ministries Canada is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 66 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $800K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $189K in 2024, the largest being $39K to West Toronto Chinese Bible Church. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Service organizaiton for churh planting and leadership development for the 'christian brethren' churches. Ongoing newsletter publication and seminars/conferences
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.1M | — | $189K | $753K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.1M | — | $244K | $926K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.5M | — | $224K | $890K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.5M | — | $284K | $995K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | $79K | $711K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $189K to 22 qualified donees:
- West Toronto Chinese Bible Church$39K
- The Spirit of Truth Church$27K
- Medhanialem Evangelical Church$18K
- Agape Chinese Bible Church$18K
- El Shaddai Christian Fellowship of Calgary$15K
- L'Assemblée Chrétienne de Shawinigan Falls$14K
- University Chapel$13K
- Port Kells Church$12K
- Message Trust Canada Foundation$10K
- Scarborough Chinese Bible Church$6,666
- Rehoboth Inner Healing Church Toronto$4,400
- Chin Christian Fellowship of Canada$3,800
- Global Faith Mission Ministries Calgary$3,000
- Sim Canada$2,500
- Worldwide Acceptance Ministry Calgary AB$1,200
- Clarington East Economic Support$600
- Compassion Canada$589
- Chrestos College$500
- 614 Church$475
- Addis Kidan Church in Toronto$397
- Frontier Camping Society$204
- Afghan Church of the GTA$190
Received $800K from 66 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Canadian Centre for Christian Charities$72K
- MSC Canada$63K
- The Foundation Office.ca$55K
- Oakville Community Foundation$40K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$25K
- The Church of The Torontonians$25K
- Royal York Christian Foundation$25K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$24K
- City Church of Winnipeg Inc.$22K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$20K
- Woodside Bible Fellowship$19K
- The Great Commission Foundation$13K
- Varsity Bible Church$12K
- Forestview Bible Church (burlington Ontario)$12K
- Trustees of Charleswood Community Church a Religious Society in the City of Winnipeg in the Province of Manitiba$12K
- London North Park Community Church$10K
- Granville Chapel$9,750
- Eglise Biblique Westview / Westview Bible Church$8,004
- Lambrick Park Church$8,000
- Grace Chapel$7,500
- Cambridge Community Church$7,000
- University Chapel$7,000
- Orillia Community Church$6,658
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$843K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rebecca Aitken Stymiest (director); Ed Bryant (director); Bob Cottrill (president/chairman); Matthew Eckert (secretary); Margo Cameron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vision Ministries Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140774514RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.