First Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 107383887RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($698,900) as filed with the CRA.
First Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1000K in revenue and $699K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $27K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Bread of Life Ministries Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $424K in 2020 to $1000K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Liturgical servies such as sunday worship weddings funerals and memorial services and the rites of baptism and communion; religious education for children youth and adults; pastoral care for people in homes hospitals seniors' housing and nursing homes; chaplaincy services to university students and hospitals; social outreach for the poor; theological education; denominational missions; and sponsorship of a refugee families and children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1000K | $699K | $604K | — | $27K | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $576K | $617K | $543K | — | $18K | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $576K | $658K | $579K | — | $27K | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $751K | $498K | $415K | — | $35K | $4.9M |
| 2020 | $424K | $546K | $458K | — | $34K | $4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $27K to 15 qualified donees:
- Bread of Life Ministries Association$11K
- Canadian Association for Baptist Freedoms$4,000
- Acadia Divinity College$2,351
- Canadian Baptist Ministries$1,751
- North-End Community Health Association$1,738
- Saint Leonard's Society of Nova Scotia$1,528
- Ward 5 Neighborhood Centre$1,000
- The Nova Scotia Youth Project Society$800
- OTC Community Association$745
- Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia$500
- Phoenix Youth Programs Charitable Foundation$500
- Community CARE Network Society$500
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$311
- Prison Fellowship of Canada$250
- Caregivers Nova Scotia Association$50
Received $47K from 5 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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$310K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Clark (chair); Ben Lemphers (vice chair); Ken Margeson (member at large); Kathy Schwartzentruber (personnel chair); Neil Ritchie (member at large); Margaret Dunbar (member at large); Dianne Kokesh (member at large); Julie Shore (member at large); David Dexter (finance chair).
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 107383887RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.