Christian Reformed Church of Stratford
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 129880308RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($874,798) as filed with the CRA.
Christian Reformed Church of Stratford is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $752K in revenue and $875K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% 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 position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $326K in 2023, the largest being $65K to ReFrame Ministries. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Providing christian worship services weekly and on special christian holidays. Involvement in local outreach and relief programs. Supporting of mission and relief organizations around the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $752K | $875K | $469K | — | $344K | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $763K | $718K | — | — | $326K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $687K | $822K | — | — | $359K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $716K | $632K | $251K | — | $351K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $702K | $580K | $312K | — | $238K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $326K to 21 qualified donees:
- ReFrame Ministries$65K
- Stratford and District Christian School Society$64K
- Stratford House of Blessing$46K
- Ramoth Life Centre of Mount Forest$40K
- The London District Christian Secondary School Society$29K
- Classis Huron of the Christian Reformed Church in North America$18K
- Ontario Christian Gleaners$15K
- Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ$14K
- Bethel Pentecostal Church (Stratford)$6,841
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$6,593
- Dynamic Youth Ministries$5,471
- The John Knox Christian School Society of Woodstock$3,250
- English Language Institute in China Society$3,049
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$1,939
- Huron Christian School$1,750
- The Christian Academy of Western Ontario$1,750
- Stratford & District Right to Life Association$1,481
- Karis Global Partnerships$1,112
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$1,000
- Dynamic Youth Ministries$933
- Family Outreach of Ontario$810
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$199K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Deweerd (director); Dennis Goforth (director); Barry Horensma (director); Ed Mosterd (chair); Eric Olbach (clerk); Luke Olbach (director); Jereon Oosterom (vice chair); Stan Puklicz (director); Daryl Pol (director); Tom Scott (director); Jordan Van de Kemp (director); Peter Visscher (director); Joel Boersma (secretary); Don Datema (director); Ernst De Freese (treasurer); Anthony Deweerd (director); Kyle Egberts (director); Pat Tiemens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christian Reformed Church of Stratford’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129880308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.