Good Spirit Bible Camp
Charitable organization · Springside, Saskatchewan · BN 896482635RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($587,414) as filed with the CRA.
Good Spirit Bible Camp is a charitable organization based in Springside, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $804K in revenue and $587K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 12% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $295K in 2020 to $804K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Good spirit bible camp was incorporated as a charitable organization and established to provide a summer bible camp at good spirit lake. Donations are sought to help fund camp activities and services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $804K | $587K | $85K | $4,247 | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $734K | $528K | $80K | $5,858 | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $744K | $472K | $81K | $2,769 | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $762K | $340K | $54K | $12K | — | $969K |
| 2020 | $295K | $190K | $109K | $1,580 | — | $547K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 10 charities:
- Saskatchewan Baptist Association of North American Baptist Churches$28K
- Springside Baptist Church$21K
- Esterhazy Baptist Church Inc.$5,305
- Faith Baptist Church$5,202
- Melville Baptist Church$4,120
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,533
- Balgonie Baptist Church$3,500
- Raymore Baptist Church$2,500
- Bay Park Baptist Church$2,100
- Canadahelps Canadon$48
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$335K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy Bahsler (treasurer); Tim Bergstrom (member at large); Vicky Breitkreuz (secretary); Sheldon Fichtner (building committee rep); Jillian Wlock (program chair); Gary Orthner (board chair); Luke Prybylski (director); Jennifer Prybylski (member at large); Richard Kauenhofen (sba representative); Michael Anderson (sba area minister).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Good Spirit Bible Camp’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896482635RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.