City Light Christian Church
Publicly funded institution · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 773051685RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($117,958) as filed with the CRA.
City Light Christian Church is a charitable organization based in Brandon, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $97K in revenue and $118K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $5,183 in 2024, the largest being $2,723 to Faith Mission (friedensbote) Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $62K in 2020 to $97K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1. To advance religion by teaching the religious tenants doctrines and observances associated with the christian faith. 2. To advance by establishing and mainting a religious school of instruction offering programs for grade k-12 3. To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $97K | $118K | $113K | — | $5,182 | — |
| 2023 | $118K | $99K | $98K | — | $700 | $56K |
| 2022 | $97K | $121K | $120K | — | $1,150 | — |
| 2021 | $92K | $84K | $83K | — | $350 | — |
| 2020 | $62K | $69K | — | — | $540 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,183 to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$61K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phil Plett (pastor); Juan Wall Rempel (deacon/treasurer); Peter Wiebe (secretary); Randall Wiebe (school treasurer); Lew Plett (school chairman).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from City Light Christian Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 773051685RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.