Gardom Lake Bible Camp & Retreat Centre
Charitable organization · Enderby, British Columbia · BN 869130724RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,275,541) as filed with the CRA.
Gardom Lake Bible Camp & Retreat Centre is a charitable organization based in Enderby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $82K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity 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 $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $507K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Youth and children's christian camps and retreats conferences and retreats for church groups mens and womens groups facilities for all school groups
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $363K | — | — | $958K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $365K | — | — | $660K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $997K | $595K | — | — | $609K |
| 2021 | $716K | $4.3M | $4M | — | — | $453K |
| 2020 | $507K | $316K | $316K | — | — | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $82K from 15 charities:
- Grindrod Gospel Church$25K
- BCMB Bible Camp Society$17K
- Willow Park Church Mennonite Brethren$7,800
- Valleyview Bible Church$5,520
- Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church$5,000
- River of Life Community Church$4,107
- Abundance Canada$4,000
- Enderby Evangelical Chapel$3,600
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,958
- Armstrong Bible Chapel$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Ashton Creek Christian Fellowship$1,818
- Canadahelps Canadon$960
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$121
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$98
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$476K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Raymond Kieft (executive director); Devan Scollon (director); Carlie Patterson (director); Raymond Peters (vice chairmen); John Hoogendoorm (director); Nadine Lefebvre (directors); Kerry Aylard (chairmen).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gardom Lake Bible Camp & Retreat Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869130724RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.