Crowsnest Lake Bible Camp Association
Charitable organization · Coleman, Alberta · BN 118880442RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,406,196) as filed with the CRA.
Crowsnest Lake Bible Camp Association is a charitable organization based in Coleman, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 31% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $254K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $329K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Crowsnest lake bible camp association is an autonomous evangelical faith ministry dedicated to bringing glory to god by responding to the needs of the whole person according to bibilcal principles of evangelism and discipliship through offering programs in a camp setting. Continued developing and operating camps at mcgillvary creek youth camp using the same principles as at the crows nest lake site. We operate our programs on a fee free basis so all can attend. In 2022 we served campers from in and around our community as well as a number of community groups.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $1M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $843K | $915K | $915K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $329K | $172K | $169K | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $254K from 17 charities:
- Abundance Canada$151K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$44K
- Northside Bible Fellowship$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,744
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,652
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,089
- Park Meadows Baptist Church$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,700
- The Christian Brethren of Red Deer$2,000
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of Lethbridge$1,049
- Capilano Christian Assembly$1,000
- Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel$1,000
- Crowsnest Community Baptist Church$1,000
- The Great Commission Foundation$633
- College Drive Community Church$500
- Wynndel Community Church$100
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$566K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janice Sommerfield (secretary); Jim Graham (director); Micheal Oosterhof (board chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Crowsnest Lake Bible Camp Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118880442RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.