Forestview Bible Church (burlington Ontario)
Charitable organization · Oakville, Ontario · BN 897869640RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,098,642) as filed with the CRA.
Forestview Bible Church (burlington Ontario) is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $130K.
Compared with 2,238 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 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $55K in 2024, the largest being $13K to Iris Ministries Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $656K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Spreading the christian religion sunday morning worship and bible teaching for children youth and adults weekly bible groups for adults children's programs youth ministry community outreach to lower income neighborhoods food distribution meals for needy within public community support for those in temporary and lower income neighborhoods financial support for other registered canadian charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.1M | $98K | — | $55K | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $975K | $1.1M | $949K | — | $57K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $950K | $997K | $878K | — | $60K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $824K | $929K | — | — | $54K | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $656K | $792K | — | — | $55K | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $55K to 10 qualified donees:
- Iris Ministries Canada$13K
- MSC Canada$12K
- Vision Ministries Canada$12K
- World Mission Continuum$9,000
- The Voice of the Martyrs Inc.$8,000
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$100
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Flamborough$100
- Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides/fondation des Lions du Canada Chien-Guides$100
- Young Life of Canada$100
- World Vision Canada$100
Received $130K from 16 charities:
- MSC Canada$29K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$24K
- The Charis Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Compass Point Bible Church$12K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Toronto Church Planting$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- JTC Heersink Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,242
- Burlington Christian Academy$2,047
- The Canadian Reformed Church of Burlington South$2,000
- Oakville Community Foundation$858
- Pineland Baptist Church$500
- Canadian Reformed Church of Burlington West$250
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$469K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Dias (member-director); Moyo Pumi (member-director-vice-chair); Tim Allison (member-director); Hilary Wiebe (member-director); Paul Graham (member-director); Lisa Kao (member-director-secretary); Brian Kirk (member-director-treasurer); Mark Evans (member-director-chair); Sarah Mack (member-director); Ahmos Henry (member-director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forestview Bible Church (burlington Ontario)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897869640RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.