Believer's Bookshelf Canada Inc.
Charitable organization · Caistor Centre, Ontario · BN 118802529RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($382,677) as filed with the CRA.
Believer's Bookshelf Canada Inc. is a charitable organization based in Caistor Centre, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $280K in revenue and $383K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $119K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The corporation exists for the purpose of engaging in such actitivies as will foster the spreading of the gospel of the lord jesus christ and the spiritual growth and development of christians. These activities may include but shall not be limited to the publication purchasing selling and dissemination of bibles and christian literature in any form whatever including tapes and other such recordings and through any other method which will carry out this objective.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $280K | $383K | $199K | $175K | — | $382K |
| 2023 | $268K | $322K | $182K | $132K | — | $484K |
| 2022 | $207K | $333K | $178K | $140K | — | $538K |
| 2021 | $370K | $330K | $173K | $143K | — | $664K |
| 2020 | $323K | $328K | $172K | $143K | — | $613K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $119K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edward Redekop (vice president); Richard Barnett (councillor); Hadley Hall (councillor); Brian Reynolds (president); Eric Clermont (secretary); Yousef Youannas (treasurer); Wael Eskander (councillor); Alexander Leclerc (councillor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Believer's Bookshelf Canada Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118802529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.