Pickering Pastoral Charge
Charitable organization · Ajax, Ontario · BN 888229192RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($269,772) as filed with the CRA.
Pickering Pastoral Charge is a charitable organization based in Ajax, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $283K in revenue and $270K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,459.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $33K in 2024, the largest being $27K to United Church of Canada Mission and Service Fund. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
1) Religious - Worship Services Sunday School Pastoral care visits by laity & clergy to hospitals & homes Clergy counselling (no fee) Youth groups Womans groups Bible Study Weddings Baptisms and Funerals. 2) Community Services - Collections for food banks Emergency financial aid to individuals (food vouchers hotel travel bills etc) Events to raise social & health awareness Extensive use of facilities at minimal or no cost (Scouts Guides AA Alanon Amnesty International Sports groups) Fundraising for local charities. 3) International - Groups raise funds for Aid to Children…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $283K | $270K | $187K | $3,567 | $33K | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $336K | $253K | $175K | $3,039 | $22K | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $344K | $438K | $211K | $3,289 | $29K | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $319K | $365K | $139K | $560 | $25K | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $332K | $428K | $200K | $1,488 | $33K | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $33K to 13 qualified donees:
- United Church of Canada Mission and Service Fund$27K
- St. Paul's on the Hill Foodbank$2,325
- Salvation Army Foodbank$1,150
- Canadian Cancer Society$562
- The Ajax-Pickering Women's Centre Inc.$350
- Cornerstone Community Association Durham Inc.$150
- Backdoor Mission$150
- Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre$150
- Luke's Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children$150
- Durham Youth Services$150
- Muslim Welfare Canada$150
- Aids Committee of Durham$150
- Safehope Home$150
Received $5,459 from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$65K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doreen Halle (chair of worship); William Fox (chair of trustees); Sean Aune (chair of finance); Kaitlyn Ostrander (minister).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pickering Pastoral Charge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888229192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.