Cape Breton Christian Fellowship Church
Charitable organization · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 106870983RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($357,719) as filed with the CRA.
Cape Breton Christian Fellowship Church is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $373K in revenue and $358K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% 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 38% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $50K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Souls Harbour Rescue Mission. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Regular Sunday morning services live and streamed with pre-service fellowship time. Sunday School that featured KidZone with special activities. Toddler's Room for younger children to go during Sunday service. Men's and Ladies in person and Zoom Bible Study. Financial assistance to other charities such as local Christian radio station and local Christian school among others. Once again partnered with 'Angel Tree' providing toys at Christmas to children with an incarcerated parent/guardian. Some Sunday services were designated as Family Sunday and held outside on property the church owns and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $373K | $358K | $249K | — | $50K | $890K |
| 2023 | $341K | $330K | $254K | — | $26K | $875K |
| 2022 | $304K | $322K | $240K | — | $22K | $862K |
| 2021 | $352K | $289K | $208K | — | $21K | $881K |
| 2020 | $430K | $322K | $249K | — | $14K | $817K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50K to 20 qualified donees:
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$18K
- Cape Breton Christian Education and Service Association$10K
- Inner-City Churches of Sydney (society)$5,650
- Angel Tree aka Prison Fellowship Canada$3,683
- Hope Project Addiction Recovery Services Co-operative Limited$3,450
- Glace Bay Townhouse aka Glace Bay Citizen Service League$1,616
- Faith Baptist Church of Sydney$1,425
- The Valley CARE Pregnancy Centre a Christian Outreach Ministry$900
- Medical Ambassadors of Canada Association$792
- Arthritis Society Canada$750
- Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime$625
- Show Kids We Care$600
- Second Harvest Canada$510
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$350
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$312
- Salvation Army$300
- Island Business Ministries$200
- House of Healing Church of Cape Breton$200
- Turning Point Christian Ministries$165
- I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation$10
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$168K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Mattatall (senior pastor); Bruce DeYoung (associate pastor); Louis Campbell (board memeber); Martin McCarthy (board member); Adam Hanna (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cape Breton Christian Fellowship Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106870983RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.