Orillia Christian Centre
Publicly funded institution · Orillia, Ontario · BN 892281577RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,661,928) as filed with the CRA.
Orillia Christian Centre is a charitable organization based in Orillia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $288K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $5.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity operates a 58 bed homeless shelter a 20 unit supportive housing complex a warming centre for homeless people a day program for homeless people an outreach program for homeless people and a motel voucher program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $4.7M | $4.1M | $25K | — | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $46K | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $4.4M | $3.4M | $1.7M | $91K | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.1M | $176K | $48K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $18K | — | $748K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $288K from 26 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$172K
- The United Church of Canada$16K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$15K
- Cornerstone Baptist Church Orillia$15K
- Redeemer City Church Orillia$14K
- Living Hope Christian Reformed Church Orillia$10K
- Emmanuel Baptist Church of Barrie$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$8,100
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$6,700
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,932
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,500
- Hillside Bible Chapel$2,400
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,018
- Christian Fellowship Chapel$1,725
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,250
- Trust Communications Ministries$1,000
- Orillia Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$800
- Orillia Concert Band$500
- The Sisters of St. Joseph for the Diocese of Toronto in Upper Canada$500
- Covenant Reformed Baptist Church of Orillia$500
- Countryside Community Church$500
- Westmount United Church$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$486
- Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Toronto$390
- Knox Presbyterian Church - Gamebridge$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tony Bianco (chair); Ali Giffen (vice chair); Brenda Wood (treasurer); Maarthen Reinders (director); Tim Ticknor (director); Tim Tigchelaar (director); Justin Piercy (director); Kim Leatherdale (secretary); Charlene Taylor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Orillia Christian Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892281577RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.