Bonavista Baptist Church Fellowship
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 853595544RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($643,865) as filed with the CRA.
Bonavista Baptist Church Fellowship is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $621K in revenue and $644K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% 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 13 qualified donees totalling $69K in 2024, the largest being $31K to The Arms of Jesus Children's Mission Inc..
In its own words
Vision statement - a passion for christ. A heart for people. A life of service; christ. Worshipping in multiple gatherings being nurtured in small groups; programs; weekly worship services weekly and monthly programs of christian education fellowship and outreach for all ages pastoral care summer day camps for recreation and religious programs for children build relief housing and donate funds to qualified donees for local and overseas education missionary and relief activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $621K | $644K | $529K | — | $69K | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $532K | $565K | $477K | — | $40K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $471K | $546K | $471K | — | $33K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $557K | $521K | $460K | — | $49K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $551K | $569K | $499K | — | $56K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $69K to 13 qualified donees:
- The Arms of Jesus Children's Mission Inc.$31K
- Canadian Baptists of Western Canada$26K
- The Mustard Seed Society$2,350
- Canadian Baptist Ministries$2,091
- Ycc - Youth Centres of Calgary$2,090
- Amistad Canada$2,000
- Gull Lake Baptist Camp$1,000
- Mainsprings Pregnancy and Family Support Association$1,000
- United Youth Outreach$750
- Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region$500
- Trans World Radio Canada$200
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$50
- Operation Eyesight Canada$50
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$273K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bonavista Baptist Church Fellowship’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853595544RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.