World Charitable Foundation of Canada
Private foundation · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 803703230RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,748,851) as filed with the CRA.
World Charitable Foundation of Canada is a private foundation based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $653K in revenue and $25.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $25.7M in 2024, the largest being $19.1M to Canadian National Christian Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $653K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
We receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom to qualified donees by way of charitable grants. Following appropriate research and diligence selected qualified donees receive funding to advance religion specifically the Christian faith through leadership development evangelism and church planting projects. Faith-based qualified donees that are relieving adverse economic and social hardships in the majority world may also be supported.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $653K | $25.7M | $0 | $0 | $25.7M | $141K |
| 2023 | $25.8M | $6.6M | — | — | $6.5M | $25.2M |
| 2022 | -$932K | $21.9M | — | — | $21.8M | $6M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $12.9M | $0 | $0 | $12.9M | $28.8M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $20.4M | — | — | $20.4M | $40.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $25.7M to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$19.1M
- Chosen People Ministries (canada)$1.4M
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$1.4M
- English Language Institute in China Society$662K
- Sprint-Pioneers Ministries Inc.$378K
- Harvest of Hope Society$353K
- The Great Commission Foundation$344K
- World Renew$305K
- The Bible League of Canada$279K
- Crista Ministries Canada$213K
- African Enterprise Association of Canada$209K
- Mission Eurasia Inc.$195K
- International Christian Response$139K
- Global Gates Network of Canada$108K
- MULTIPLY Network$84K
- Tearfund Canada$81K
- Baptist General Conference of Canada$71K
- One4Another International$70K
- Fuller Theological Seminary$69K
- Lift Church$63K
- Movein Vision Team$49K
- Erdo$42K
- Kinvest Impact Foundation$34K
- IAFR Canada$34K
- Canadian Baptist Ministries$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Williams (president); Brent Fearon (secretary treasurer); Daniel Baetz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from World Charitable Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803703230RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.