Mount Zion Presbyterian Church
Charitable organization · Ridgetown, Ontario · BN 133194571RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($158,106) as filed with the CRA.
Mount Zion Presbyterian Church is a charitable organization based in Ridgetown, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $132K in revenue and $158K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers.
It reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $9,050 in 2024, the largest being $1,250 to Children's Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $81K in 2020 to $132K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Weekly worship services and bible study providing ministry for adults and children. Ministry provided to those members needing pastoral care. Operation of a consignment store. Donations to local food bank soup kitchen and other local charities. Outreach mission providing handmade quilts blankets and clothing to many organizations. Donations to national church for international ministry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $132K | $158K | $40K | $2,304 | $9,051 | $459K |
| 2023 | $117K | $127K | $26K | $2,941 | — | $466K |
| 2022 | $114K | $104K | $27K | $4,532 | — | $475K |
| 2021 | $84K | $85K | $27K | — | — | $476K |
| 2020 | $81K | $87K | $30K | — | — | $479K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,050 to 19 qualified donees:
- Children's Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent$1,250
- Chatham Kent Women's Centre Inc.$1,000
- Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation$750
- Municipality C-K (free Skating Sponsorship)$535
- FreeHelpCK$500
- Ridgetown District Agricultural Society$500
- Community Living Chatham-Kent$500
- Ridgetown 150 Committee$500
- United Christian Broadcasters Media Canada$500
- Naahii Ridge Public School$500
- ST Michael's Catholic School$500
- Scouts Canada$300
- FarmSafe Foundation$300
- Erie Street United Church$300
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$265
- Highgate District Agricultural Society$250
- Rodney Aldborough Agricultural Society$250
- Erie Street United Church$200
- Church of the Advent$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phyllis May (clerk of session); Byran Stirling (elder); Renee Geluk (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mount Zion Presbyterian Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133194571RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.