James North Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 711545491RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,982,262) as filed with the CRA.
James North Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $33K in 2024, the largest being $9,900 to The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Sunday worship with nursery/junior church. Christian education throughout the week for children youth and adults including classes programs and community gym nights summer soccer league for children aged 4-12 summer children's day camp. Clothing/food distributionministries to aid the impoverished of our community. Coaching/tutoring support in local schools. Visitation of local residents. The operation of 45 affordable housing units through an intermediary and property manager indwell community homes so as to continue to provide the hamilton community and surrounding area with non- profi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.8M | — | $33K | $10.6M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | $34K | $10.7M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | $30K | $10.5M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | $39K | $9.2M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $9,202 | $38K | $8.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $33K to 7 qualified donees:
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$9,900
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$8,000
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship$3,552
- Worldwide Evangelization for Christ$3,552
- Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada$3,552
- The Gospel Coalition Canada$2,400
- Movein Vision Team$1,690
Received $101K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$12K
- Abundance Canada$10K
- Hope Bible Church Oakville$10K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$9,420
- West Highland Fellowship Baptist Church$4,000
- Springvale Baptist Church$2,500
- Flamborough Baptist Church$2,499
- Ross-Shire Foundation$2,000
- Providence Baptich Church of Burlington$1,000
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,000
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$927
- The Foundation Office.ca$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$629K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Heska (chair); Timothy Laws (elder); Peter Ott (elder); Jordan Switzer (treasurer); Jon Garyfalakis (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from James North Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 711545491RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.