Fish Creek United Church
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107010886RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($963,325) as filed with the CRA.
Fish Creek United Church is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $755K in revenue and $963K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $171K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $65K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Chinook Winds Region - the United Church of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $430K in 2020 to $755K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We conduct weekly and special occasion worship services both in person and live-streamed. We provide: pastoral care and support services. We provide wedding and funeral services; We support missions and other projects. We deliver social outreach programs including: food security clothing and counselling. We deliver community youth and children programming. We provide meeting location for community groups such as scouts AA community choirs and concerts. Through our Shared Ministries Initiative we provide leadership and support to variety of faith-based programs though-out Calgary …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $755K | $963K | $830K | $3,839 | $65K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $838K | $1.3M | $1.1M | $43K | $24K | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $706K | $725K | $455K | $6,349 | — | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $401K | $368K | $319K | $0 | $25K | $981K |
| 2020 | $430K | $419K | $367K | $2,330 | $25K | $967K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $65K to 3 qualified donees:
- Chinook Winds Region - the United Church of Canada$35K
- The United Church of Canada$23K
- Northern Spirit Region - The United Church of Canada$7,540
Received $171K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$529K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna den Otter (trustee); Rick Solinger (trustee); Bruce Dean (trustee); Jan Van Egteren (trustee); Richard Betts (trustee); Wendy Campbell (trustee); Geoff Weekes (trustee); Cindy Christie-Brooks (lead minister); David Patterson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fish Creek United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107010886RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.