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The Great Commission Foundation ("The GC") is a charitable trust, established by a Deed of Settlement made as of September 1, 2002 and governed by an Amended and Restated Deed of Settlements made as of October 22, 2024.
The GC is a public foundation that is registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (with Canadian Charitable Registration Number 859928483 RR0001).
The charitable objects of The GC are:
1. The advancement of Christianity by spreading its principles;
2. The relief of poverty by the assistance to those persons lacking the necessities of life by giving them food, clothing, shelter or financial assistance;
3. The advancement of education including, without limitation, by the teaching of scripture and the promotion of literacy; and
4. The advancement of other "charitable purposes" as defined within subsection 149.1(1) of Income Tax Act, which includes the disbursement of funds to "qualified donees" as also defined in subsection 149.1(1).
We engage other ministries as agents to carry out projects that fulfill our charitable objects.
The GC anticipates raising an estimated amount of $12,000,000.00 this year from donation for the fulfillment of its charitable objects from donors in Alberta, Canada. The processing of these donations will cost, on average, six percent. The money raised will be going to fulfill the charitable objects of The GC.
For further information, please contact our Donations Team at donations-ca@thegc.org or call us at 1-855-488-7020. To speak directly to the GC's Donation's Manager, please call Kathy Stewart at (604) 229-8008. The GC has two (2) Canadian offices. Please visit our contact page for further details
Identity Mission was formed as a response to the orphan crisis in the developing country of Honduras where ⅔ of the people live below the poverty line. Decades of research have shown that children grow and develop best in a family environment; therefore, the purpose of Identity Mission is to provide family-based care solutions in Honduras as an alternative to the traditional orphanage model that Honduras has relied upon.
While the welfare offices of Honduras lean heavily upon the work of organizations like ourselves, due to their lack of funds and resources, family-based care solutions like foster care and kinship care are still very new concepts. In order to implement foster care and family preservation efforts, a cultural shift is needed
and Identity Mission must focus some efforts on spreading awareness of best practices in orphan care in order to see everlasting change within the systems of Honduras. God’s design for the care of a child is FAMILY as it states in Psalm 68:6, “God sets the lonely in families.” That is why Identity Mission has formed two programs as a solution to keep kids in family and out of orphanages. The family preservation program works to identify families at risk of losing their children to the welfare system due to poverty. Our team of social workers partners with the biological family to prevent separation from the family unit and within two years reach independence economically and stability as healthy caregivers. Identity Mission partners with the local government welfare offices and the local church to implement a formal foster care program that provides a safe, loving family when separation simply isn’t preventable. Our team of psychologists and social workers recruit and train foster parents and manage the case work for the government until the child reaches permanency. The welfare offices do not have the capacity to operate a foster care system without the partnership of an organization.
Caring for vulnerable children in family-based care programs is a ⅓ of the cost of supporting them in an orphanage. But the reality is that globally supporters do not realize that their funds could be serving more orphans and vulnerable families in a better manner if they simply shifted their giving to family-based, community services like that of Identity Mission. Since 2015, 131 children have been prevented from ever entering an orphanage due to the partners that have decided to take a stand with us. With your help, we can see even more kids cared for in family and less children placed in orphanages! By becoming a monthly giver and prayer partner you help Identity Mission commit to serving more children each year. We need you if we are to see the day that Honduras no longer uses orphanages to care for children.
Ministry No. 1295
Program Countries: Honduras
Focuses: Orphan Care
Website: https://www.identitymission.org/
Team Lead: Tara & Jorge Garcia
Team Members: https://identitymission.org/about
Email: info@identitymission.org
*The Great Commission Foundation (the "Foundation") operates on the basis of Donor-Advised Funding. It is our utmost goal to meet the Donor’s desire and intent to provide support to particular Foundation projects but, ultimately, the responsibility for the disbursement and ministry use of funds is The Great Commission Foundation’s.
*You will receive an official Canadian tax receipt for all eligible donations by the end of February of the following year. Thank you for your support of the mission and programs of The Great Commission Foundation.
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