Olivet Baptist Church of Meaford
Charitable organization · Meaford, Ontario · BN 875219115RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($271,155) as filed with the CRA.
Olivet Baptist Church of Meaford is a charitable organization based in Meaford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $167K in revenue and $271K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% 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 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $251K in 2020 to $167K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We provide weekly worship services and prayer meetings. We provide ministries for youth and adults weekly or monthly. We donate funds to other charities for overseas missionary activities. We operate a benevolent fund for financial assistance to indigent persons. We provide pastoral care in the name of jesus christ. We provide ministry activities for children on a weekly basis. We provide a week long summer day camp for school age children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $167K | $271K | $232K | — | $30K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $143K | $192K | $122K | — | $60K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $178K | $116K | $70K | — | $34K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $197K | $200K | $117K | — | $64K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $251K | $135K | $88K | — | $34K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 10 qualified donees:
- Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc$10K
- Trans World Radio Canada$6,989
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$3,378
- New Life Camp$2,200
- Ethnos Canada$2,164
- Crossroads Life Church$1,739
- One Hope Ministries of Canada$1,299
- Northern Canada Evangelical Mission Inc.$1,214
- Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary$600
- Trust Communications Ministries$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$105K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bryan Gelyk (moderator/elder); Malcolm Postings (vice-moderator/elder); Robert Adams (elder); Judah Spry (lead pastor/elder); Nicholas Larter (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Olivet Baptist Church of Meaford’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875219115RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.