Encounter Church Amherstburg
Charitable organization · Amherstburg, Ontario · BN 106708076RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($441,897) as filed with the CRA.
Encounter Church Amherstburg is a charitable organization based in Amherstburg, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $433K in revenue and $442K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $200.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer 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 7 qualified donees totalling $42K in 2024, the largest being $26K to The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $230K in 2020 to $433K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Weekly Sunday morning services with kids church. Junior Youth church offered bi-weekly nursery every week. Mid-week kids/youth bi-weekly men's women's young adults and small group studies heart and hand outreach team for international and local outreach events. Summer camps run by Canada Summer Jobs students and Children's Pastor. About 90 volunteers help us run all of our ministries!
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $433K | $442K | $252K | $0 | $43K | $622K |
| 2023 | $348K | $513K | $409K | $0 | $34K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $440K | $319K | $203K | $0 | $29K | $961K |
| 2021 | $274K | $276K | $177K | $0 | $29K | $877K |
| 2020 | $230K | $245K | $171K | $0 | $31K | $860K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $42K to 7 qualified donees:
Received $200 from 1 charity:
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$175K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brandon Cousineau (pastor (director)); Laurie Bene (trustee); Alexa Daniels (trustee); Steve Brohm (trustee); Tyler Hills (trustee); Derek Huisman (trustee); Mark Bergeron (trustee); Raymond Fox.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Encounter Church Amherstburg’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106708076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.