Church of the Open Bible
Charitable organization · Ponoka, Alberta · BN 131160293RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($847,641) as filed with the CRA.
Church of the Open Bible is a charitable organization based in Ponoka, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $465K in revenue and $848K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% 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 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $69K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Adventive Cross Cultural Institute. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $267K in 2020 to $465K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Sunday services / sunday school / youth programs / childrens' programs / pastoral care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $465K | $848K | $759K | — | $69K | $199K |
| 2023 | $403K | $237K | $168K | — | $49K | $582K |
| 2022 | $355K | $241K | $163K | — | $49K | $416K |
| 2021 | $224K | $251K | $153K | — | $71K | $302K |
| 2020 | $267K | $209K | $108K | $0 | $56K | $329K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $69K to 20 qualified donees:
- Adventive Cross Cultural Institute$12K
- Northern Canada Evangelical Mission Inc.$12K
- Associated Gospel Churches$11K
- Association of Central Alberta Youth for Christ$7,629
- Adventure in Missions Inc$5,275
- Ambassadors for Christ Canada$4,344
- Ethnos Canada$3,819
- Sim Canada$3,022
- Worldwide Evangelization for Christ$2,486
- Ponoka Christian School Society$1,450
- Global Outreach Mission Inc.$1,049
- Operation Mobilization Canada$1,006
- Crossworld Inc.$890
- The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada/ l'Alliance Chretienne et Missionnaire au Canada$705
- Interact Ministries of Canada$645
- CSM Canada Inc.$510
- Ciam Media & Radio Broadcasting Association$456
- Gull Lake Baptist Camp$237
- The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada/ l'Alliance Chretienne et Missionnaire au Canada$30
- Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada$30
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$126K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Graham Foot (deacon treasurer); Jeremy Koleba (pastor); Rick Enns (elder); Jonathan Yeo (elder); Carl Jensen (elder); Dave Sandin (deacon); Nic Cooper (deacon).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Church of the Open Bible’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131160293RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.