First Church of Christ Scientist Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107385767RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($632,771) as filed with the CRA.
First Church of Christ Scientist Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $633K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $74K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Sharon House Corporation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $976K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To operate a branch Church of Christ Scientist and to promote and extend the religion of Christian Science as found in the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. This is done through conducting regular weekly church services and a Sunday School providing a Christian Science Reading Room and giving public lectures in accordance with the Manual of the Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $633K | $387K | — | $74K | $14.4M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $799K | $569K | — | $69K | $12.8M |
| 2022 | -$631K | $743K | $517K | — | $55K | $12.4M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $550K | $355K | — | $56K | $13.8M |
| 2020 | $976K | $511K | $311K | — | $69K | $12.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $74K to 8 qualified donees:
- Sharon House Corporation$30K
- Christian Science National Benevolence Fund$28K
- Scott Mission$2,662
- Daily Bread Food Bank$2,662
- Native Canadian Centre of Toronto$2,662
- Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries$2,662
- Matthew House Refugee Services$2,661
- Interval House$2,661
Received $78K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$90K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dona Jean Clary (vice president); Bonnie Dewey (asst treasurer); Martha Hogan (president); Bill Gough (treasurer); Margaret Reid (asst clerk).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Church of Christ Scientist Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107385767RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.