Calvary Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Gravenhurst, Ontario · BN 118824580RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($633,512) as filed with the CRA.
Calvary Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Gravenhurst, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $506K in revenue and $634K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% 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 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $41K in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $329K in 2020 to $506K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Weekly: worship services sunday school bible study groups & prayer groups youth program monthly ladies program seniors program men's program hospital retirement home and nursing home visits ongoing pastoral care counseling weddings and funerals as requested one week of children's vacation bible school in summer we financially support local canadian and overseas missions by gifting funds to approved registered charities. We provide benevolent needs and meals as needed
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $506K | $634K | $470K | — | $41K | $993K |
| 2023 | $604K | $390K | $308K | — | $52K | $992K |
| 2022 | $450K | $382K | $270K | $4,317 | $34K | $795K |
| 2021 | $423K | $319K | $212K | — | $36K | $738K |
| 2020 | $329K | $297K | $260K | — | $31K | $631K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $41K to 14 qualified donees:
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$7,000
- Calvary Baptist Church Inc.$5,500
- Christine's Place$5,100
- Muskoka Association for Christian Education Inc.$5,000
- Abwe Global Inc.$4,600
- Friends of Beacon Ministries$4,200
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada/alliance Évangélique du Canada$3,000
- Open Doors Canada$2,200
- Compassion Canada$1,205
- Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary$1,200
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$500
- ShareWord Global Canada$500
- Trust Communications Ministries$500
- World Vision Canada$98
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$237K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cameron Therrien (chairman/deacon/trustee); Gail Brock (treasurer/deacon/trustee); Eileen Godfrey (church clerk/deacon/trustee); Bonnie Taylor (chris.ed co-ordinator/deacon); Paul Lemay (asset manager/deacon).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calvary Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118824580RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.