Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Altona
Charitable organization · Altona, Manitoba · BN 106785561RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($517,779) as filed with the CRA.
Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Altona is a charitable organization based in Altona, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $538K in revenue and $518K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $98K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Mennonite Church Manitoba Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operating a chruch for a place of worship.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $538K | $518K | $44K | — | $98K | $982K |
| 2023 | $504K | $481K | $1,050 | — | $98K | $961K |
| 2022 | $508K | $500K | $401K | — | $100K | $940K |
| 2021 | $525K | $477K | $368K | — | $109K | $932K |
| 2020 | $484K | $501K | — | — | $117K | $883K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $98K to 9 qualified donees:
- Mennonite Church Manitoba Inc.$60K
- The Mennonite Collegiate Institute$15K
- The Gardens on Tenth Inc.$10K
- Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Inc.$5,000
- Youth for Christ Altona Inc.$2,500
- Mennonite Disaster Service Canada Inc.$2,500
- Eden Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Inter-Mennonite Chaplaincy Association Inc.$525
- Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service$200
Received $17K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$238K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Tiessen-Dyck (lead pastor); Virginia Gerbrandt-Richert (assistant pastor); Jolene Friesen-Stoesz (education chair); Al Friesen (finance chair); Sharon Friesen (world/home ministries chair); Angela Loeppky (secretary); Juanita (laurie) Enns (treasurer); Al Friesen (church council chair); Al Rempel (personnel chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Altona’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106785561RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.