Open Arms Mission of Welland Inc.
Charitable organization · Welland, Ontario · BN 107801474RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,143,343) as filed with the CRA.
Open Arms Mission of Welland Inc. is a charitable organization based in Welland, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $391K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $848K in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Mission serves individuals with both physical and spiritual needs. Food bank hygiene bank etc are available to community. The mission centre provides a place for prayer. Several programs focused on helping those in need: general program - provides food pastoral and other care hygiene program - provides basic hygiene products for daily living back to school program - provides backpacks for young children boots 4 kids program - provides winter boots for young children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.1M | $3.5M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.1M | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $18K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $848K | $654K | $307K | $20K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $391K from 37 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$95K
- Canadahelps Canadon$95K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$68K
- Christian Benefit Shop of the Brethren in Christ Church Inc.$33K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$21K
- Riverside Christian Reformed Church of Wellandport$17K
- Christian Stewardship Services$13K
- Zion Free Reformed Church$9,595
- Wainfleet Be In Christ Church$8,360
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$7,433
- Grace Christian Reformed Church of Welland$3,285
- Wofcam Incorporated$3,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Welland Be in Christ Church$2,443
- Mapleview Charities$2,000
- Grace Community Church of Thorold Inc$2,000
- Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Fenwick$1,017
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$1,000
- Hope Presbyterian Church$1,000
- Garrison Road Church of the United Brethren in Christ Inc.$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$743
- First Presbyterian Church$741
- United Way of Greater Toronto$599
- Rice Road Community Church$580
- Fonthill Baptist Church$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$410K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Pilkington (vice chair co treasurer); Betsy Vandebeld (secretary); Chris Wills (member); Cheryl Cook (member); Mike Scholtens (chair and co-treasurer); Gerard Vanderklok (member); Barbara Wilson (member); Colleen Theriault (member); Shawn Cuke (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Open Arms Mission of Welland Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107801474RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.