Medeba Adventures
Charitable organization · West Guilford, Ontario · BN 106835986RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,966,066) as filed with the CRA.
Medeba Adventures is a charitable organization based in West Guilford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $64K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We run residential & day camps that focus on furthering Christianity by showing God's love & teaching God's principles from the Bible. We run leadership development programs to train young adults in Christian character and leadership. We run school programs to promote mental emotional physical & Christian spiritual growth. We provide retreats for groups to experience God through creation and receive Christian teaching. We have many volunteers throughout the year who help with the above programs and preparing of the physical property.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.7M | $33K | $0 | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $31K | $0 | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $28K | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | $17K | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | $7,238 | $0 | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $64K from 14 charities:
- Christian Stewardship Services$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- The W. P. Scott Charitable Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- Lakeside Church - Haliburton$3,000
- Ontario Credit Union Foundation$3,000
- West Guilford Baptist Church$1,685
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$1,210
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- Rotary Club of Haliburton Charitable Trust$1,000
- Markham Bible Chapel$750
- MSC Canada$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$205
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Groat (director); Dennis Hancock (director); Lara Hartman (secretary); Amanda Smith (treasurer); Deborah Speers (director); Gary Trapp (president); Andrew Smith (vice-president); Roberts Melissa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Medeba Adventures’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106835986RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.