First Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Fort Erie, Ontario · BN 118916337RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($259,299) as filed with the CRA.
First Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Fort Erie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $310K in revenue and $259K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $26K in 2024, the largest being $7,864 to Frontiers. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Worship services (in english every sunday morning in creole every other sunday evening); 9 adult bible studies; weekly sunday school for children and adults; weekly children’s ministry sept – may; 1 week vacation bible school; pastoral care (funerals weddings visitation etc); benevolent support for congregants & community persons as the need arises; student scholarship for those attending post secondary christian school; church-on-the lawn during summer inviting the community for barbeque and worship; supporting several missionaries who work under various mission boards and 2 local ministr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $310K | $259K | $201K | — | $36K | $790K |
| 2023 | $247K | $244K | $212K | — | $26K | $714K |
| 2022 | $293K | $277K | $219K | $0 | $43K | $707K |
| 2021 | $204K | $202K | $141K | $0 | $28K | $696K |
| 2020 | $228K | $193K | — | — | $29K | $669K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $26K to 10 qualified donees:
- Frontiers$7,864
- North American Baptists Inc. (canada)$4,328
- Canadian Baptist Ministries$3,838
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,365
- Emmanuel Relief and Rehabilitation International of Canada$2,168
- South Niagara Life Ministries$1,500
- Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec$1,445
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$802
- ShareWord Global Canada$200
- Intercede International$100
Received $87K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$146K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jerry Spooner (chairman - trustee); Sabrina Spooner (treasurer); Catherine Geyer (church clerk asst treas); Linda Cybulski (director (manager)); Daniel Cybulski (director (manager); James McBeth (director (deacon)); Harry Donatien (director (deacon)); Ross Ingall (director (deacon)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118916337RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.