First Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Leamington, Ontario · BN 118916667RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($519,334) as filed with the CRA.
First Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Leamington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $454K in revenue and $519K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $29K to Abwe Global Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Worship services sunday school missions funerals senior coffee gatherings ladies organizations weddings bible study groups youth programs etc
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $454K | $519K | $468K | — | $52K | $2M |
| 2023 | $449K | $436K | $384K | — | $52K | $2M |
| 2022 | $396K | $372K | — | — | $23K | $2M |
| 2021 | $334K | $350K | — | — | $26K | $2M |
| 2020 | $339K | $319K | — | — | $23K | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $52K to 7 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$265K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Isaak Sawatzky (elders board chairperson); Paul Visser (elder); Richard Walker (elder); Mike Sealy (pastor/elder); Jason Peasley (pastor/edler); James McCallum (deacon board chairperson); Steven Pavao (treasurer); Sandra Symons (deacon); Joyce Walker (deacon); Jason Fiss (deacon); Ben Klassen (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 118916667RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.