Forest Hills United Baptist Church Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 786084723RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,198,108) as filed with the CRA.
Forest Hills United Baptist Church Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under christianity. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $62K in 2024, the largest being $32K to Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Worship services weekly ministries for men women young adults youth and children. Maintain a child development centre - day care and after school program Provide summer programming community outreach and pastoral care. Support mission and ministries which includes support of the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada along with other charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1M | — | $71K | $519K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | $67K | $651K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | $71K | $741K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $952K | — | $59K | $860K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $987K | $805K | — | $55K | $873K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $62K to 13 qualified donees:
- Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada$32K
- The Saint John$8,468
- Saint John East Food Bank Inc.$7,084
- St. Mary & St. Bartholomew Church$3,500
- Misty River Vision Ministries$2,600
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$2,600
- Threshold Ministries$2,210
- ShareWord Global Canada$1,200
- The Saint John$1,000
- The Pregnancy Resource Center of Saint John Inc.$500
- Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada$500
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$500
- Canadian Baptist Ministries—
Received $15K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$943K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Steeves (moderator); Melissa Robinson (chair christian education); Beverly Purinton (treasurer); Reed Flemming (chair deacons); William Tarr (chair finance).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forest Hills United Baptist Church Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 786084723RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.