Friends Community Church (mennonite Brethren Conference)
Charitable organization · Carman, Manitoba · BN 106875370RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($160,160) as filed with the CRA.
Friends Community Church (mennonite Brethren Conference) is a charitable organization based in Carman, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $129K in revenue and $160K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $8,300 to Youth for Christ (winnipeg) Incorporated. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $208K in 2020 to $129K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Local administrative needs supporting in part missionaries who have gone out from this congregation. providing funds in support of other missionary organizations and supporting other charitable organizations whose purpose is similar to ours. Supporting provincial conference projects. Supporting Canadian and North America conference mission projects. Supporting relief and development work through the Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Disaster Services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129K | $160K | $139K | — | $14K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $132K | $122K | $100K | — | $15K | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $136K | $167K | $150K | — | $12K | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $154K | $154K | $133K | — | $12K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $208K | $170K | $162K | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 16 qualified donees:
- Youth for Christ (winnipeg) Incorporated$8,300
- MULTIPLY Network$2,400
- Carman & District Christmas Cheer Board$1,000
- Simonhouse Camp Inc.$1,000
- Our Daily Bread Ministries$500
- Carman Wellness Connections Inc.$500
- Boundary Trails Health Centre Foundation Inc.$500
- Teen Challenge of Central Canada Inc.$200
- Square One World Media Inc.$25
- Salem Foundation Inc.$25
- The Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba—
- Millar College of the Bible—
- CancerCare Manitoba—
- Carman Christian Fellowship—
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada—
- Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$83K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Wilton (director); Colleen Unrau (secretary); Janet Dunn (chair); Grahme Spear (director); Lloyd Ewert (director); Richard Heppner.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends Community Church (mennonite Brethren Conference)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106875370RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.