Elevation Church
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 828949511RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($439,081) as filed with the CRA.
Elevation Church is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $396K in revenue and $439K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,843.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $6,172 to MSC Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Elevation focuses on developing christian community amongst our congregants through a weekly sunday morning worship service young adult youth the kids programming. The church supports spiritual and social development within the church and the broader community. We regularly host book studies volunteer opportunities and community-building events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $396K | $439K | $405K | — | $21K | $684K |
| 2023 | $354K | $412K | $371K | — | $31K | $727K |
| 2022 | $342K | $486K | $431K | — | $36K | $786K |
| 2021 | $395K | $431K | $378K | — | $40K | $930K |
| 2020 | $473K | $400K | $335K | — | $53K | $966K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 10 qualified donees:
- MSC Canada$6,172
- Compass Refugee Centre Inc.$3,600
- Mennonite Central Committee Ontario$3,500
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$2,500
- Trellis Foundation$1,500
- Bolivian Children Foundation$1,500
- A Better Tent City Waterloo Region$1,000
- Young Life of Canada$1,000
- Karis Community Initiatives$500
- My Tribute Gift Foundation$75
Received $6,843 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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$212K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eli Gingerich (president); Larissa Joy Conley (co-chair); Laura Kingston (secretary); Tyler Loveman (co-chair); Linda Joy McDonald (board member); Anna Karina Pengelly (treasurer); Stephen Michael Van Bruwaene (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elevation Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828949511RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.