Main Street Church Society
Charitable organization · Chilliwack, British Columbia · BN 866602410RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,166,730) as filed with the CRA.
Main Street Church Society is a charitable organization based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $325K in 2024, the largest being $110K to The Salvation Army Chilliwack Community Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Public church services for the communities of sardis and chilliwack bc. The church provides many different programs such as children's programs outreach events divorce care and benevolence ministries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3.2M | $2.3M | — | $325K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.4M | $1.6M | — | $175K | $3M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.8M | — | $183K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | $150K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | $183K | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $325K to 17 qualified donees:
- The Salvation Army Chilliwack Community Church$110K
- Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society$50K
- One Life One Chance Ministries$32K
- Seeds of Hope Childrens Ministry$23K
- The B.C. Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches$20K
- Southland Church Inc.$19K
- Central Community Church$16K
- Youth With A Mission Foundation$8,500
- Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries Canada$7,000
- Young Life of Canada$5,000
- Team Up Canada$5,000
- People International Canada$5,000
- Maranatha Missionary Society$5,000
- Cyrus Centre Ministries$5,000
- Adult & Teen Challenge Society of BC$5,000
- Meadow Rose Family Help Center Society$4,600
- Pearl Life Renewal Society$4,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denton Friesen (chair); Shawn Vandop (director); Darren Johnston (secretary); Andrew Young (treasurer); Nicholas Westeringh (director); Joel Bron (director); Roberto Jack (director); Wade Godin (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Main Street Church Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866602410RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.