Lakeside Bible Church
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 892543562RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,557,370) as filed with the CRA.
Lakeside Bible Church is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations, 14% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,883.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Hope House Guelph. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Sunday worship services for all ages and weekly programs for youth addiction recovery grief loss divorce care and Christian study groups.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | $18K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | $21K | $2M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2M | $1.9M | — | $50K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | $65K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.8M | $28 | $66K | $2.5M |
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:
Received $2,883 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,883
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$750K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Alexander (secretary/treasurer); Sharon Schmidt; Gary Jonsson; Dave Root (president/chair); Ethan Aquilina; Reymarie Yabut; Darren Lung.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakeside Bible Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892543562RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.