Five Oaks Centre
Charitable organization · Paris, Ontario · BN 107389108RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,629,882) as filed with the CRA.
Five Oaks Centre is a charitable organization based in Paris, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $48K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Vision - to cultivate an affirming vibrant and inclusive community where people of all backgrounds and traditions can gather on the land to live work learn pray play heal and act for justice. Mission - to offer renewing and transformative individual group and community experiences through meaningful reflection deep connections and joyful expression. To be a sacred place where people of all faiths as well as spiritual seekers can gather in community to live work learn pray and heal for justice. To be a sacred place where people as individual or in intentional community come apar…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $18K | — | $706K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $9,627 | — | $837K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $28K | — | $962K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $922K | $20K | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $1M | $857K | $731K | $24K | — | $750K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48K from 13 charities:
- Trillium United Church$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$14K
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$8,424
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,978
- Colborne Village United Church$1,155
- The Roger and Edith Davis Foundation$1,000
- Parkminster United Church$500
- The United Church of Canada$500
- St. Paul's-Victoria Avenue United Church$500
- Westdale United Church$233
- Glen Morris Pastoral Charge$120
- Courtland United Church$100
- Chesley Pastoral Charge$100
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$988K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maya Landell (cochair); Pegi Ridout (cochair); Barb William (treasurer); Martha Pendoniquotte (director); Peter Wall (director); Amira Ayad (director); Maggie Deiter (secretary); Edward Jay Reeve (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Five Oaks Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107389108RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.