Chapelle Bonne Nouvelle/ Good News Chapel/ Cappella Buona Novella
Charitable organization · ST-Leonard, Quebec · BN 107517070RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,279,718) as filed with the CRA.
Chapelle Bonne Nouvelle/ Good News Chapel/ Cappella Buona Novella is a charitable organization based in ST-Leonard, Quebec, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $300K in 2024, the largest being $97K to General conference of the Canadian assemblies of God. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Religious & mission work to proclaim the gospel of our lord jesus christ; maintenance of church building and its infrastructures; daily inspirational italian telephone message; weekly livestream of in-person worship service; weekly young adult service; weekly youth service; weekly children service; weekly italian service; annual young adult conference; bible education for adults; chidlren summer day camp; benevolence to individuals in need; personal couseling; church plant in british columbia weekly regional bible studies with prayer; evangelistic outreach with give-away gifts; annual retreat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $2M | — | $300K | $12.7M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $2M | $1.7M | — | $274K | $12.2M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | $274K | $10.9M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | $171K | $9.7M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $987K | — | — | $118K | $8.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $300K to 17 qualified donees:
- General conference of the Canadian assemblies of God$97K
- Lesea Global Feed the Hungry$14K
- Salvation Now$14K
- Deuxième Chance Café$14K
- Eleviva$14K
- Chosen People Ministries (canada)$14K
- Icej Canada Aid and Development$14K
- New Missions of Canada Society$14K
- The Bible League of Canada$14K
- ShareWord Global Canada$14K
- Pioneers Canada$14K
- Global Family Care Network (GFCN) Inc. / Reseau Global de Soins Familiaux (GFCN) Inc.$14K
- Jewish Voice Ministries Canada$14K
- Behold Israel Ministries for God of Canada$14K
- David & Lena Distaulo Ministries Inc./ministeres David & Lena Distaulo Inc.$10K
- Global Outreach Mission Inc.$7,000
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$1,000
Received $42K from 8 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stefano Gesualdi (chairman); Gennaro Carlone (treasurer); Anthony Dimichele (director); Giovanni Longo (secretary); Sandro Gurciullo (director); Michael Louis Coppa (director); Domenic Conte (director); Thomas Difrancesco (director); Antonino Petrotta (director); Salvo Mele (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chapelle Bonne Nouvelle/ Good News Chapel/ Cappella Buona Novella’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107517070RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.