East Central Ontario Regional Council - the United Church Ofcanada
Public foundation · Belleville, Ontario · BN 135322907RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,486,827) as filed with the CRA.
East Central Ontario Regional Council - the United Church Ofcanada is a public foundation based in Belleville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $832K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $699K in 2024, the largest being $236K to Woodville United Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $845K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the regional council is to be responsible for providing leadership and resources to the pastoral charges within its boundary in order that the life and work of jesus christ may be known in the united church of canada (ucc) and in the world. The regional council's terms of reference and mandate are described in the united church of canada manual. Generally the regional council is responsible for the oversight and well being of the congregations of the united church of canada (ucc) in the western part of southeast ontario. It receives grants from the ucc to run operating activitie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $434K | — | $846K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $363K | — | $546K | $180K |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $1.7M | $270K | — | $1.2M | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | $1M | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $845K | $676K | $294K | — | $266K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $699K to 6 qualified donees:
- Woodville United Church$236K
- Haliburton United Church$207K
- The United Church of Canada$193K
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$52K
- The Toronto United Church Council$5,567
- Ingoldsby United Church$4,985
Received $832K from 8 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$353K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Hebert-Daly (regional executive minister); Brian James (treasurer); Steve Coles (president/speaker).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from East Central Ontario Regional Council - the United Church Ofcanada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135322907RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.