Quest Learning Centre for Religious Literacy
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 817001209RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,749) as filed with the CRA.
Quest Learning Centre for Religious Literacy is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3,698 in revenue and $12K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,112.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $22K in 2020 to $3,698 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Quest learning centre for religious literacy is a small group of individuals organized under the auspices of the united church of canada. The group meets on a semi-monthly basis via zoom to support a community service of worship rooted primarily in the historical jesus and open to all honourable religious teachings. The group offers public programs of learning that are consistent with research and findings in modern competent and accredited scholarship in order to promote the awareness of such scholarship in a public form.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,698 | $12K | $9,809 | — | $0 | $41K |
| 2023 | $11K | $27K | $24K | — | — | $49K |
| 2022 | $17K | $24K | $20K | — | — | $72K |
| 2021 | $25K | $23K | $19K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $22K | $22K | $17K | — | $300 | $70K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,112 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$9,809
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Fowler (president/chair); Michael Barnes (treasurer); Fumiko Harada (secretary); Brenda Aston (director at large); Valdine Elsholtz (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quest Learning Centre for Religious Literacy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817001209RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.