Erb Street Mennonite Church
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 107307845RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($401,305) as filed with the CRA.
Erb Street Mennonite 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 $482K in revenue and $401K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $58K in 2024, the largest being $41K to Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Eglise Mennonite de l'Est du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Religious worship services; Adult & children's Sunday School; Vacation Bible Camp each summer for children in the community; Christian Education for adults and children; Counseling-marriage grief family personal conflict resolution; Visitation-shut-ins sick hospitalized members and others; elderly in nursing homes and general visitation; Mission work - community outreach church development foreign missions refugee support; Sponsoring Refugee Families; Funding other Christian Organizations that provide Christian and Humanitarian Services; Provide a witness to the community that we are …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $482K | $401K | $323K | $0 | $58K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $431K | $423K | $333K | $0 | $54K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $348K | $361K | $264K | — | $59K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $341K | $272K | $189K | $0 | $46K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $413K | $464K | $367K | — | $51K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $58K to 7 qualified donees:
Received $100K from 4 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$148K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karl Kessler (vice chair); Joyce Collard (treasurer); Kaye Collard (co-treasurer); Richard Kennel (chair of elders); Elaine Ranney (chair); Alison Blair (chair christian education); Joanne Bender (chair worship committee); Margaret Shantz (chair gift discernment); Kaye Collard (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Erb Street Mennonite Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107307845RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.