Grapeview Free Methodist Church
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 119170017RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,053,303) as filed with the CRA.
Grapeview Free Methodist Church is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $986K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 62 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $9,274 to Tearfund Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $542K in 2020 to $986K in 2024.
In its own words
We provide regular weekly sunday worship services. We have regular weekly prayer times. We provide bible sutdy groups for children teens and adults. We provide pastoral care. We operate a-not-for-profit daycare centre for toddlers to pre-school. Open weekly from monday to friday inclusive.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $986K | $1.1M | $828K | — | $18K | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $835K | $658K | — | $12K | $0 |
| 2022 | $528K | $709K | $560K | — | $16K | $627K |
| 2021 | $818K | $673K | $526K | — | $16K | $606K |
| 2020 | $542K | $622K | $436K | — | $16K | $315K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$596K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grapeview Free Methodist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119170017RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.