Forward Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 887369791RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($715,120) as filed with the CRA.
Forward Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $715K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80K.
Compared with 2,238 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 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 19 qualified donees totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $21K to Liberty Grace Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $621K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Our mission is to glorify God grow in Christ and go with the Gospel. Our vision for ministry is to: • love God with all of our heart soul mind and strength ready to serve Him in the Church - the body of Christ under the guidance of our leaders; • love all with Christ-like love those within the Church and those outside of the Church; • share the truth of Christ's redemption. This mission is carried out through the following means: • hold weekly public services for worship Bible study & prayer; • give out financial support in the community through our established benevolent f…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $715K | $563K | — | $90K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $971K | $628K | $517K | — | $54K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $494K | $681K | $477K | — | $151K | $840K |
| 2021 | $869K | $669K | $517K | — | $94K | $1M |
| 2020 | $621K | $563K | $464K | — | $47K | $831K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 19 qualified donees:
- Liberty Grace Church$21K
- Missions 3D Threshold$20K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$10K
- Christ Church Toronto$10K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$4,440
- Sim Canada$3,360
- The Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College$2,500
- Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary$2,500
- Thru the Bible Canada$2,100
- Baptist Missions to Forgotten Peoples - Canada$2,100
- Association d'églises baptistes évangéliques au québec$2,100
- Sat-7 Canada$2,000
- Send International of Canada Inc.$1,800
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship$1,800
- Movein Vision Team$1,260
- The Toronto City Mission$1,200
- Pregnancy CARE Centre Toronto$1,000
- Scott Mission$100
- The Bible League of Canada$100
Received $80K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$441K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maarten Theunissen (director); Mark Duiker (chair); Patricia Overholt (director); Irene Wrigglesworth (director); William Snieder (vice chair secretary); Felix Chau (treasurer); Brian Lau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forward Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887369791RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.