Pioneer Bible Camp
Charitable organization · Smoky Lake, Alberta · BN 129539516RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-15. Split of total expenditures ($92,909) as filed with the CRA.
Pioneer Bible Camp is a charitable organization based in Smoky Lake, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending September 15, 2024, it reported $91K in revenue and $93K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,836.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $40K in 2020 to $91K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity's ongoing activities mainly focus on the spiritual development of children and teens. This is accomplished through daily bible teaching sessions taught by qualified persons both during the day and evening. Another aspect of the charity is a focus on physical emotional social and mental development of children and teens. This is achieved through instruction by trained leaders in both individual and team sports such as canoeing swimming biking field games hiking and other indoor and outdoor activities. In addition to the above the camp also hosts weekend and full week rentals t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $91K | $93K | $88K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $88K | $76K | $74K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $55K | $65K | $64K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $66K | $3,564 | $95K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $40K | $1,800 | $55K | — | $500 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,836 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$18K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Armbruster (officer); Mathew Penner (officer); Curtis Kuraitis (vice-chair); Darrel Dalby (officer); Stuart Barth (secretary); Peter Silvius (chairman); Beverly Jarema (officer); Joyce Degroot (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pioneer Bible Camp’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129539516RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.