Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 108223371RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($19,201,385) as filed with the CRA.
Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc. is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $20.2M in revenue and $19.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 596 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.8M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 158 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $74K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Mishamikoweesh Corporation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
* Assesses language development needs * Trains staff in linguistic analysis and translation principles * Provides consultant services for language development * Translates Scriptures and other relevant materials into minority language groups * Trains staff to carry out community based literacy and education programs * Publishes reading material in minority languages * Promotes language development and Bible translation in Canadian churches * Promotes Trauma Healing * Develops language technology solutions through software tools and related training
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.2M | $19.2M | $14.3M | $1.6M | $74K | $6M |
| 2023 | $19.3M | $18.8M | $14.2M | $1.5M | $66K | $5M |
| 2022 | $17.4M | $17.6M | $13.3M | $1.4M | $62K | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $127K | $95 | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $17.5M | $17.4M | $13.8M | $831K | $89K | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $74K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $4.8M from 596 charities:
- The Damascus Road Foundation$436K
- BenefAction Foundation$220K
- Abundance Canada$108K
- Harvest Foundation$105K
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- Canadahelps Canadon$88K
- Centre Street Church$71K
- The Charis Foundation$60K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$59K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$58K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$58K
- Society of First Baptist Church Olds Alberta$57K
- Bethany Chapel of Calgary$54K
- Trinity Baptist Church of Burlington$53K
- Northview Community Church$53K
- The Hearn Family Foundation$50K
- Okotoks Evangelical Free Church$48K
- Coram Deo Foundation$36K
- Maple View Mennonite Church$33K
- Christian Stewardship Services$32K
- Blumenort Community Church Inc.$32K
- Hillsdale Baptist Church$32K
- Hope Bible Church Oakville$31K
- The Mantle Foundation$30K
- Seacliff Foundation$30K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions158
- Total compensation, all staff$14.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Antoinette Van Kuik (chair as of 2022-01-20); Heather Geertsma (director); David Baker (director); Kirstyn Mackie (director); Randall Visser (director vice-chair 2023-2-16); Ryan Graham (director); Joan Macdonald (director); Peter Moore (director (interim)); Mario Swampy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108223371RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.