First United Church
Charitable organization · Sherkston, Ontario · BN 107976748RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,306) as filed with the CRA.
First United Church is a charitable organization based in Sherkston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $63K in revenue and $62K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% 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 78% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $3,430 in 2024, the largest being $1,680 to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Promotion of religion sunday worship at first united church sherkston ontario we donate mission and service funds to denomination headquarters for within canada and outside of canada we give pastoral care we donate to local charitable organizations weekly craft group september through june we currently do not provide weekly children ministries - the children have not come back after the covid-19 shutdown
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $63K | $62K | $59K | — | $3,430 | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $61K | $87K | $84K | — | $3,626 | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $60K | $59K | $56K | — | $3,369 | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $50K | $55K | $51K | — | $4,532 | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $77K | $46K | $41K | — | $4,430 | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,430 to 10 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$1,680
- Port Colborne Community Association for Resource Extension$400
- Canadian Cancer Society$400
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Toronto Central Council$350
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$100
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$100
- Hospice Niagara$100
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$100
- Fort Erie Conservation Club Inc$100
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$26K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheryl Wood-Thomas (interim pastoral charge superv); Deborah Grimes (interim trustee); Jean Duguay (trustee/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107976748RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.