Gull Lake Baptist Camp
Charitable organization · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 118949718RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,985,702) as filed with the CRA.
Gull Lake Baptist Camp is a charitable organization based in Lacombe, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $605K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $21K to CBWC Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Summer and winter camps off-site hiking trips and rv cabin & day rentals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3M | $2.6M | $32K | $21K | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $2.1M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $1.8M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.3M | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $916K | — | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 1 qualified donee:
- CBWC Foundation$21K
Received $605K from 18 charities:
- CBWC Foundation$298K
- Canadahelps Canadon$114K
- Canadahelps Canadon$114K
- Canadian Baptists of Western Canada$23K
- Westview Baptist Church Society$19K
- First Baptist Church$8,300
- Clive Baptist Society for Christian Ministry$6,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,260
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$4,000
- Lacombe First Baptist Fellowship Society$3,600
- Abundance Canada$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,422
- Society of First Baptist Church Olds Alberta$2,215
- First Baptist Church$1,264
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- Bonavista Baptist Church Fellowship$1,000
- Unity Baptist Church of Red Deer Alberta$450
- Church of the Open Bible$237
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Bellous (chair); Daniel Dodds (treasurer); Ambra Gullacher (director); Rachelle Kerber (director); Dennis Shierman (director); Bill Webb (director); Tyler Hagan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gull Lake Baptist Camp’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118949718RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.