Far Corners Ministry
Charitable organization · Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia · BN 812210615RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($106,895) as filed with the CRA.
Far Corners Ministry is a charitable organization based in Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $75K in revenue and $107K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 43% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide theological education and leadership training opportunities to indigenous pastors and church leaders. We assist the very poor through provision of gifts of blankets mosquito nets and through funding basic needs such as school fees books tutoring and uniforms. We also provide funding to needy indigeneous congregations for the construction or renovation of church buildings and the construction of classrooms for a kindergarten and elementary school. We also provide initial funding for agricultural projects to help locals works toward self-sustainability.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $75K | $107K | $104K | — | — | $19K |
| 2023 | $96K | $120K | $119K | — | — | $51K |
| 2022 | $153K | $114K | $110K | — | — | $77K |
| 2021 | $93K | $92K | $88K | — | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $106K | $93K | $87K | — | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 11 charities:
- Faith Baptist Chapel$6,795
- Whyte Ridge Baptist Church Inc.$5,400
- Rothesay Baptist Church Inc.$4,700
- Timberlea Community Bible Chapel Association$3,000
- First Baptist Church$1,992
- Kingsley Baptist Church Inc.$1,810
- Grace Chapel$1,200
- Hatfield Point Baptist Church$1,200
- Bridgewater Open Bible Church$1,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$520
- Canadahelps Canadon$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Hiltz (chairman board of directors); Ida Armstrong-Whitehouse (vice chairman board of direct); Kathryn Cochrane (secretary board of directors); Nancy Chisholm (board of directors); Sylvia Shaw (board of directors); Virginia Manuel (treasurer board of directors).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Far Corners Ministry’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812210615RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.