Embassy Church
Charitable organization · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 871498341RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,462,661) as filed with the CRA.
Embassy Church is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,339.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $215K in 2024, the largest being $176K to The Eastern Ontario District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We are about god and people which we express in a spiritual relational and practical sense. We hold weekly christian worship services and midweek ministry programs for children youth young adults adults and seniors. We provide pastoral care for church and community members including weddings funerals child dedication and baptism. We run summer day camp programs for children and directly and indirectly support many local national and international community and relief programs that are a practical expression of our desire to serve god and bless people.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $1.5M | — | $215K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.2M | $1.7M | — | $223K | $9.5M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2M | — | $183K | $9.7M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.3M | $1.8M | — | $238K | $9.7M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | $231K | $9.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $215K to 7 qualified donees:
- The Eastern Ontario District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada$176K
- Wiedrick and Associates Apostolic Ministries$11K
- The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada$9,900
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,868
- Power to Change Ministries$3,900
- Random Access Networks Association$3,600
- National House of Prayer$3,600
Received $4,339 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lodewijk Van Weerden (lead pastor); Max Vanderheide (board member); Andrew Jones (executive pastor); Joseph Howse (board member trustee); Heather Hernden (secretary trustee); Heather White (board member); Caleb Smikle (board member); Bastian Patrick (treasurer trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Embassy Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871498341RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.