Cornerstone Community Church (niagara)
Charitable organization · Virgil, Ontario · BN 859512493RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,238,578) as filed with the CRA.
Cornerstone Community Church (niagara) is a charitable organization based in Virgil, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $175K in 2024, the largest being $95K to MULTIPLY Network. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
(1) planning & implementing worship services inlcuding related programs and activities for childten youth & adults. (2) raising funds in support of community work such as positive living niagara camp cornerstone bethesda eden multiply camp crossroads (3) raising funds for support of agencies working outside our immediate area such as multiply havest for christ vision thailan burundi medical clinic
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $1.2M | $989K | — | $175K | $11.7M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.2M | $1M | $0 | $172K | $7M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $888K | — | $182K | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $937K | — | — | $180K | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $983K | — | — | $154K | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $175K to 7 qualified donees:
- MULTIPLY Network$95K
- The Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches$45K
- Vision Thailand Canada$10K
- Eden High School$10K
- Camp Crossroads$10K
- Out of the Cold Foundation$3,000
- Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ$2,000
Received $16K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$608K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Epp (vice president); Roger Kroeker (director); Sharon Peters (director); Austin Ruddle (secretary); Andrew Thiessen (director); Briar Wiens (president); Dorothy Wiens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cornerstone Community Church (niagara)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859512493RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.