Bethany Community Church of ST. Catharines
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 887219525RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,517,216) as filed with the CRA.
Bethany Community Church of ST. Catharines is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $232K in 2024, the largest being $130K to The Great Commission Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operate weekly worship services; children's and adult ministries and Christian Education programs; weekly youth bible studies and events; weekly prayer meetings and small group meetings; summer day camps. Coordinate short- term mission trips for volunteers through mission agencies. Provide benevolent relief to the needy. Provide financial support to other mission agencies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2M | — | $212K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.8M | — | — | $263K | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.1M | — | $267K | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | $207K | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.8M | $2.3M | — | $264K | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $232K to 8 qualified donees:
Received $56K from 7 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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Epp (director); Danny Cho (director); Mandi McLellan (director vice chair); John Mach (director treasurer); Liz Froese (director chair); Hilary Vahrmeyer (director); Erin Goertzen (director secretary); Heather Wiersma (director); Alice Betancourt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethany Community Church of ST. Catharines’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887219525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.