Forward Baptist Church Cambridge
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 832826549RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,378,402) as filed with the CRA.
Forward Baptist Church Cambridge is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $466K in 2024, the largest being $82K to Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Activities include the training equiping and ministering to the constituency through sunday worship and mid-week programming. On-site programs include activities for children youth and adults. Off-site support is provided for other local and canadian charitable organizations. Have 2 church locations as well as internet broadcasting of sunday worship services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.4M | $2.6M | — | $466K | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $3.2M | $2.4M | — | $523K | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.9M | $2.2M | — | $494K | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $1.9M | — | $409K | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.2M | — | $348K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $466K to 24 qualified donees:
- Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times$82K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$62K
- Hope Story$58K
- Send International of Canada Inc.$40K
- Outreach Canada Ministries Inc.$32K
- The Great Commission Foundation$30K
- Africa Inland Mission International (canada)$28K
- L'Eglise Baptiste Evangelique de Terrebonne-Mascouche$25K
- Sim Canada$18K
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship$18K
- Mission Eurasia Inc.$15K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- World Team$9,965
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$8,500
- Hudson Community Baptist Church$5,000
- Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ$5,000
- Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.$4,245
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada/alliance Évangélique du Canada$1,026
- ShareWord Global Canada$500
- Christians Against Poverty Canada$350
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$250
- The Royal CDN Legion Galt BR. 121 Poppy Fund$100
- Cambridge Pregnancy Resource Centre$100
Received $195K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Dawdy (director chair); Peter Faus (treasurer); Terry Fearon (secretary); Richard Huisman (director); Gordon Jackson (director); Craig Pilkington (director vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forward Baptist Church Cambridge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832826549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.