World Renew
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 118857366RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($23,967,589) as filed with the CRA.
World Renew is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $25.6M in revenue and $24M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 217 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
World renew conducts disaster relief and community development programs in canada and throughout the world on behalf of the christian reformed church. Activites include disaster response and development programs involving health literacy food security income generation community developement refugeee resettlement and justice advocacy in many of the poorest countries in the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.6M | $24M | $24M | $1.7M | — | $17.3M |
| 2023 | $23.8M | $24.4M | $21.5M | $1.7M | $12M | $15.7M |
| 2022 | $29.5M | $24.3M | $16.2M | $1.5M | $4.4M | $16.3M |
| 2021 | $24.7M | $19.1M | $12.2M | $1.6M | $3.9M | $11.2M |
| 2020 | $21.7M | $22.4M | $17.3M | $1.4M | $2.5M | $5.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18M from 217 charities:
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$12.1M
- The Christian Reformed Church in North America$929K
- Christian Stewardship Services$637K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$549K
- Canadian Reformed World Relief Fund$387K
- World Charitable Foundation of Canada$305K
- Crossroads Christian Communications Incorporated$165K
- West End Christian Reformed Church$123K
- The John Brouwer Foundation$120K
- Neerlandia Christian Reformed Church$117K
- Canadahelps Canadon$110K
- Canadahelps Canadon$110K
- The First Christian Reformed Church of New Westminster B.C.$107K
- Clearview Christian Reformed Church$67K
- Willoughby Christian Reformed Church$62K
- Fragrance Foundation$60K
- Clearview Christian Reformed Church$51K
- Crossroads Community Christian Reformed Church$50K
- The Leder Charitable Foundation$50K
- Mountainview Christian Reformed Church of Grimsby$46K
- Inglewood Christian Reformed Church$44K
- Christian Reformed Church of Houston$41K
- The First Christian Reformed Church of Kitchener Inc.$40K
- Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church of Lacombe Alberta$39K
- Calvin Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa$36K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$4.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeffrey Adams (director president arc); Margaret Hoogland (director secretary); Darryl Beck (director treasurer arc); Echo Macleod (director arc); Harry Bergshoeff (director); Gordon Van Vliet (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from World Renew’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118857366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.