Oak Bluff Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Morris, Manitoba · BN 862656907RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($66,107) as filed with the CRA.
Oak Bluff Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Morris, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $57K in revenue and $66K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $6,200 in 2023, the largest being $2,400 to Siloam Mission Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $390K in 2020 to $57K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1. The advancement of religion through the operation of a church and provision of religious instruction. 2. The advancement of education through the operation of a school. 3. The relief of poverty through the provisions of food clothing and temporary shelter to persons in need of such assistance because of their impoverished state.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $57K | $66K | $64K | — | — | $375K |
| 2023 | $101K | $94K | $86K | — | $6,200 | $384K |
| 2022 | $189K | $196K | $194K | — | $3,700 | $377K |
| 2021 | $119K | $111K | $92K | — | $17K | $384K |
| 2020 | $390K | $395K | $388K | — | $4,700 | $375K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $6,200 to 9 qualified donees:
- Siloam Mission Inc.$2,400
- Living Free Ministries Inc.$2,000
- Covenant House Toronto$600
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$200
- Glory 2 Glory Ministries Canada Inc.$200
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$200
- Cancer Research Society$200
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$200
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacob Maendel (minister); Edwin Waldner (second minister); Jack Maendel (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oak Bluff Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862656907RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.