Blenheim Word of Life Church
Charitable organization · Blenheim, Ontario · BN 872587571RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($318,455) as filed with the CRA.
Blenheim Word of Life Church is a charitable organization based in Blenheim, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $443K in revenue and $318K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $22K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to North Dresden Baptist Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $293K in 2020 to $443K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Place of worship soup kitchen food bank
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $443K | $318K | $280K | — | $22K | $564K |
| 2023 | $315K | $290K | $255K | — | $18K | $441K |
| 2022 | $341K | $277K | $249K | — | $14K | $422K |
| 2021 | $328K | $258K | $230K | — | $13K | $363K |
| 2020 | $293K | $146K | $136K | — | — | $490K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $22K to 24 qualified donees:
- North Dresden Baptist Church$5,000
- Knox Presbyterian Church$2,500
- Blenheim Christian Reformed Church$2,000
- End-Time Ministries Inc.$2,000
- ST. Paul's Anglican Church$1,250
- First Baptist Church$1,000
- Independent Assemblies of God International (canada)$1,000
- Journeys Recovery Home$1,000
- Zion Christian Church$1,000
- Compassion Canada$864
- Street Help Homeless Centre of Windsor$550
- New Beginning Ministries Apostolic Faith Church$500
- ST. Mary's Church$500
- Praise Fellowship Church Chatham$500
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$400
- Canadahelps Canadon$300
- Special Olympics Ontario Inc.$300
- Trinity Church$250
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$250
- Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada$250
- Covenant House Toronto$250
- United Way of Chatham-Kent$200
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$100
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$100
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$64K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alan Sheppard (president/director); Ruth Joyce (secretary/director); Brenda Lamarsh (treasurer/director); John Paul Huggins (director); Timothy Joyce (pastor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blenheim Word of Life Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872587571RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.