Campfire! Bible Camp
Charitable organization · Carlisle, Ontario · BN 857117733RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($488,506) as filed with the CRA.
Campfire! Bible Camp is a charitable organization based in Carlisle, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $563K in revenue and $489K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $281K in 2020 to $563K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Operation of children's overnight summer bible camp operation of ancillary off-season spiritual conferences and retreats
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $563K | $489K | $424K | $31K | — | $625K |
| 2023 | $477K | $437K | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $434K | $437K | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $318K | $349K | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $281K | $279K | — | — | — | $484K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 13 charities:
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$7,800
- Rehoboth United Reformed Church of Hamilton$3,204
- Living Word Canadian Reformed Church$2,500
- Link Charity Canada Inc$2,000
- Mercy Christian Church$1,782
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,728
- Providence Canadian Reformed Church$1,500
- Ebenezer Canadian Reformed Church at Burlington$1,483
- Glanbrook Canadian Reformed Church$1,226
- Canadian Reformed Church of Burlington West$1,200
- Canadian Reformed Church of Elora$842
- Blessings Christian Church$500
- Christian Stewardship Services$170
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$110K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristy Alkema (secretary); Jessica Broersma (director); Joel Helder (treasurer); Adam Vanhof (vice chairman); Margaret Veldman (director); Jerry Vink (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Campfire! Bible Camp’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857117733RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.