Ridgetown and Area Campus Chaplaincy Program
Charitable organization · Merlin, Ontario · BN 803262880RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,543) as filed with the CRA.
Ridgetown and Area Campus Chaplaincy Program is a charitable organization based in Merlin, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $52K in revenue and $63K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operating Chaplaincy Programs at the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $63K | $62K | — | — | $60K |
| 2023 | $58K | $56K | $55K | — | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $52K | $51K | $47K | — | — | $68K |
| 2021 | $51K | $39K | $38K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $37K | $48K | $46K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 9 charities:
- Classis Ontario Southwest$7,500
- Blenheim Christian Reformed Church$2,698
- The Gathering Place Community Church$2,100
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,765
- Dresden Ministerial Association$1,000
- Grace Christian Reformed Church of Chatham$780
- South Buxton Pastoral Charge$500
- Emmanuel Congregational Church of Ridgetown$200
- Dover Centre Church$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$42K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Skillings (secretary/treasurer); Kim Cooper (president); Peter Sikkema (director); Margaret VanderEnde (director); Elizabeth Sherwin (director); Holly Byker (vice president); Jonathan Brinkman (director); Esther Visser (director); Dylan Wymenga (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ridgetown and Area Campus Chaplaincy Program’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803262880RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.