Diocesan Synod of Western Newfoundland
Charitable organization · Lark Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 119229920RR0006 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($153,733) as filed with the CRA.
Diocesan Synod of Western Newfoundland is a charitable organization based in Lark Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $302K in revenue and $154K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,103.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $365 in 2024, the largest being $115 to Primate World Relief and Development Fund. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 23 names.
In its own words
Weekly services services held for weddings funerals baptisms and cemetery services held yearly. Visits made to home hospital ltc & pallative care units. Confirmation classes also held.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $302K | $154K | $4,687 | $180 | $365 | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $367K | $173K | — | $1,364 | $220 | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $231K | $229K | $12K | — | $130 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $153K | $136K | — | $100 | $180 | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $216K | $145K | $2,850 | $1,350 | $165 | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $365 to 4 qualified donees:
- Primate World Relief and Development Fund$115
- Corner Brook Food Bank$100
- Queens College$100
- Daily Bread Ministries of Canada$50
Received $2,103 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$58K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Effie Organ (priest in charge); George Sheppard (st.james rector's warden); Fred Number (st.ambrose's rector's warden); Ruth Travers (lay minister st. james); Donna Sheppard (parish council secretary); Lesley Sheppard (parish council treasurer); Sheila Thorne (st.james' peoples warden); Greg Parsons (st.ambrose people's warden); Samuel Sheppard (st.james' assistant warden); Michelle Sheppard (st.james treasurer); Joanne Wheeler (st.ambrose treasurer); Roxanne Sheppard (st.james envelope sect); Dinah McLean (st.ambrose envelope sect); Karen Darrigan (st.james vestry sect); Paul Sheppard (st.james cemetery chair); Rox Evans (st.james lav minister); John Parsons (st.james vestry member); Alice Sheppard (st.james vestry member); Marina Sheppard (st.ambrose vestry mem.); Myra Dennis (st.ambrose vestry mem); Isabel Parsons (st.ambrose vestry mem); Isabel Parsons (st.ambrose vestry mem); Brenda Travers (st.james acw treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Diocesan Synod of Western Newfoundland’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119229920RR0006), or read how we compute the receipt.