Bethesda Christian Foundation Society
Public foundation · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 870358231RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($331,053) as filed with the CRA.
Bethesda Christian Foundation Society is a public foundation based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $363K in revenue and $331K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $957.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $96K in 2024, the largest being $96K to Bethesda Christian Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $185K in 2020 to $363K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes donations and bursaries available to promote and enhance the activities of bethesda christian association and supporting people with diverse abilities. The foundation manages all funds and assets for the benefit of bethesda christian association.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $363K | $331K | $224K | — | $96K | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $459K | $484K | $26K | — | $241K | $5.3M |
| 2022 | $258K | $293K | $28K | — | $145K | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $191K | $69K | $8,000 | — | $24K | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $185K | $109K | $7,000 | — | $38K | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $96K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $957 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvia Terpstra (member); Ray Olthuis (president); Nick Tilstra (secretary); Alan Vandenberg (member); Leslie Scholtens (director); George Boer (co-association director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethesda Christian Foundation Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870358231RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.