Crane Lake Discovery Camp
Charitable organization · Elmira, Ontario · BN 857332902RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($690,317) as filed with the CRA.
Crane Lake Discovery Camp is a charitable organization based in Elmira, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $670K in revenue and $690K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $153K in 2020 to $670K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The organization is set up to run a volunteer based facility for children and adults for the purpose of providing religious instruction teaching ministry and general promotion of the christian faith.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $670K | $690K | $657K | $6,247 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $665K | $450K | $409K | $2,921 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $405K | $293K | $252K | $184 | — | $961K |
| 2021 | $244K | $174K | $154K | — | — | $848K |
| 2020 | $153K | $148K | $130K | — | — | $778K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$332K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beth Anderson (director); Gayle Goossen (director); Martin Metzger (treasurer); Colin Weber (chairperson); Gary Wideman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Crane Lake Discovery Camp’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857332902RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.