Pembina Valley Bible Camp and Retreat Centre Inc.
Charitable organization · Darlingford, Manitoba · BN 888199734RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($735,729) as filed with the CRA.
Pembina Valley Bible Camp and Retreat Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Darlingford, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $665K in revenue and $736K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The purpose of our camp is to teach the truths found in the bible to children teenagers and others attending our camps and allow these truths to impact them as a guide for living in today's world. The programs through which we seek to do this include summer childrens and teenage resident camping summer family camping horsemanship camping wilderness camping out trip programs winterized sleeping and dining facilities for retreats etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $665K | $736K | $733K | — | — | $195K |
| 2023 | $793K | $566K | $564K | — | — | $266K |
| 2022 | $548K | $525K | $524K | — | — | $39K |
| 2021 | $423K | $443K | $441K | — | — | $15K |
| 2020 | $445K | $367K | $365K | — | — | $35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 18 charities:
- Abundance Canada$11K
- Glencross Mennonite Church$6,040
- Your Thrift Shoppe Inc$5,000
- Harvest Christian Fellowship (plum Coulee) Inc.$5,000
- The Kroeker Foundation Incorporated$5,000
- Winkler Mennonite Church Inc$4,500
- Maranatha Christian Fellowship (Church of Winkler) Inc.$3,000
- Cornerstone Ministries Church$2,400
- Bergfeld Mennonite Church$2,400
- Mennonite Brethren Church$2,000
- Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church$2,000
- Grace Mennonite Church Inc.$2,000
- Halbstadt Bergthaler Mennonite Church$2,000
- Pembina-Manitou Area Foundation Inc.$1,900
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$999
- Crossway Elm Creek$972
- Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church of Winkler Inc.$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$384
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
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$293K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cam Wiens (treasurer); Dave Penner (director); Larry Schroeder (director); Frank Bergen (director); Walter Friesen (director); Tim Hildebrandt (director); Susie Reimer (director); Randy Hoeppner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pembina Valley Bible Camp and Retreat Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888199734RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.