First United Church
Charitable organization · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 129260352RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($581,944) as filed with the CRA.
First United Church is a charitable organization based in Truro, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $490K in revenue and $582K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $670.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $28K in 2024, the largest being $28K to The United Church of Canada.
In its own words
The primary purpose of first united church is religion. The charitable programs carried on in canada during the fiscal period-senior youth and hand bell choirs united church women senior/junior youth group bible study group sunday school weekly church services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $490K | $582K | — | — | $28K | $855K |
| 2023 | $777K | $1M | $974K | — | $26K | $890K |
| 2022 | $505K | $828K | $799K | — | $28K | $931K |
| 2021 | $704K | $440K | $408K | — | $32K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $505K | $607K | $575K | — | $32K | $829K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $28K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $670 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$268K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
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 129260352RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.