First Church of Christ Scientist
Charitable organization · Glen Haven, Nova Scotia · BN 107385684RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($29,755) as filed with the CRA.
First Church of Christ Scientist is a charitable organization based in Glen Haven, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $19K in revenue and $30K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $19K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Bryony House. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $841K in 2020 to $19K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity organization is a church holding weekly sunday services sunday school wednesday evening tsetimony services maintains a public reading room attached to the church where bible and christian literature may be borrowed and purchased.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K | $30K | — | — | $19K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $5,467 | $10K | $5,620 | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $13K | $25K | $11K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $55K | $19K | — | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $841K | $41K | — | — | $1,000 | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19K to 6 qualified donees:
- Bryony House$5,000
- Feed Nova Scotia$5,000
- Soul's Harbour$5,000
- Benevolence Fund$2,000
- Nova Scotia Discovery Board Outreach$1,000
- Wayside House$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristel Englund (chair); Jan Miller (vice-chair); Susan Clarke (clerk).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Church of Christ Scientist’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107385684RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.