Base Church
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 747736924RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,825,895) as filed with the CRA.
Base Church is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $349K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $43K in 2024, the largest being $7,800 to Association of Related Churches Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $797K in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | $43K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $909K | — | $17K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $846K | $691K | — | $29K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $809K | $653K | — | $67K | $927K |
| 2020 | $797K | $704K | $612K | — | $27K | $532K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $43K to 17 qualified donees:
- Association of Related Churches Canada$7,800
- The Pastorate Ministries Canada$6,600
- Eleviva$4,400
- Steve Fleming Ministries$3,000
- Global Harvest Ministries International$3,000
- Ray of Hope Inc.$3,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,000
- The Great Commission Foundation$2,400
- Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada$2,100
- The Pregnancy Centre$1,650
- Nexo International Ministries$1,500
- The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada$1,500
- e3 Ministry Canada$1,500
- Into All the World Inc.$800
- English Language Institute in China Society$600
- Inroads International$300
- Changing Lives - Thailand$216
Received $349K from 8 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$956K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kierra Cali (director); Tanner Philp (director); Garry Lambert (director); Brent Coulter (director); James Brown (director); Kenneth Smid (director); Scott Stevens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Base Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 747736924RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.