Forest Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Forest, Ontario · BN 118927300RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($382,765) as filed with the CRA.
Forest Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Forest, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $399K in revenue and $383K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $80K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Religious Christian worship services weekly preaching and teaching of the gospel. Ministries to women men youth children & seniors. Pastoral care for those in need. Donate - International and World Relief & Development. Religious Services for migrant workers Neighbour Link - Community Services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $399K | $383K | $303K | — | $80K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $328K | $369K | $284K | — | $69K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $362K | $338K | $250K | — | $74K | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $368K | $348K | $216K | — | $113K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $390K | $365K | $278K | — | $87K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $80K to 14 qualified donees:
- Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada$12K
- Pioneer Bible Translators of Canada$11K
- Extreme Response Canada$11K
- Crossworld Inc.$9,730
- Ethnos Canada$6,137
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$5,707
- Empower Ministries$4,475
- Open Doors Canada$4,115
- Abwe Global Inc.$4,041
- Chosen People Ministries (canada)$3,704
- Commission to Every Nation Canada$3,595
- Lambton Crisis Pregnancy Centre$3,575
- Compassion Canada$470
- ShareWord Global Canada$355
Received $10K from 2 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$143K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phil Campbell (chair & director); Bill Gordon (vice chair & director); Tobias Burgin (treasurer & director); Keith Karr (director); John Ferwerda (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forest Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118927300RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.