Nelson Evangelical Covenant Church
Charitable organization · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 829311471RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($520,020) as filed with the CRA.
Nelson Evangelical Covenant Church is a charitable organization based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $577K in revenue and $520K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $80K in 2024, the largest being $40K to The Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Weekly sunday worship services at 3 sites including children's programs. Weekly preteen & teen bible studies and social events. Weekly adult bible studies and prayer groups. Community outreach programs (food cupboard school lunch community garden soccer team sponsorship). Pastoral care (counselling marriages funerals benevolence). Short-term missions trips. Support of long-term missionaries and compassion ministries overseas. Children's summer day camps and a week-long children's overnight camp. Weekend retreats for men women and youth. Due to covid-19 some of these programs were temp…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $577K | $520K | $401K | — | $80K | $2M |
| 2023 | $651K | $605K | $493K | — | $82K | $2M |
| 2022 | $703K | $767K | $622K | — | $103K | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $751K | $716K | $513K | — | $161K | $2M |
| 2020 | $781K | $748K | $503K | — | $205K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $80K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $20K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$279K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Marsland (treasurer); William Ritchie (director); John Dickieson (secretary); Grace Wilson (chair); Donald McKenzie (director); Lynn Stephenson (director); Danielle Seigrist (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nelson Evangelical Covenant Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829311471RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.