Desert Stream Christian Fellowship
Charitable organization · Belleville, Ontario · BN 860858075RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($776,864) as filed with the CRA.
Desert Stream Christian Fellowship is a charitable organization based in Belleville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $932K in revenue and $777K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $61K in 2024, the largest being $19K to Take Charge Ministries. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Christian church committed to furthering of the gospel message world evangalism and charitable work
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $932K | $777K | $645K | — | $64K | $863K |
| 2023 | $833K | $780K | $711K | — | $60K | $707K |
| 2022 | $729K | $642K | $575K | — | $54K | $642K |
| 2021 | $698K | $574K | $534K | — | — | $555K |
| 2020 | $742K | $642K | $642K | — | — | $417K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $61K to 11 qualified donees:
- Take Charge Ministries$19K
- The Ripple Effect Ministries of Calgary$9,996
- Broken Walls Ministries$7,500
- Belleville Pregnancy and Family CARE Centre$6,380
- Neighbourlink Quinte$5,004
- Grace Inn Shelter$5,000
- New Mercy Ministries$2,400
- Asialink Ministries$2,400
- Paoc Mission Link$2,000
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$1,200
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$33
Received $34K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$261K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Hider (director-deacon); Daniel Williams (director-deacon); Lyndon Smith (director-deacon); Charmaine McLean (direcftor deacon); Ryan Conroy (director-deacon); Adam Cooney (director-deacon); Paul Reed (director-deacon); Mark McFaul (treasurer/sectary); Kevin Dowling (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Desert Stream Christian Fellowship’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860858075RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.