Rural Life Mission
Charitable organization · Waterford, Ontario · BN 119129757RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($741,787) as filed with the CRA.
Rural Life Mission is a charitable organization based in Waterford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $740K in revenue and $742K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $200K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $389K in 2020 to $740K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Missionary pastors providing leadership and training to three churches one bible camp one mission home in thunder bay and head office mission house and staff.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $740K | $742K | $668K | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $664K | $655K | $574K | — | $17K | $4.9M |
| 2022 | $446K | $459K | $413K | — | — | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $518K | $492K | $443K | — | $60 | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $389K | $386K | $345K | — | $50 | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $200K from 26 charities:
- Geraldton Faith Chapel$56K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Mission City Bible Church$20K
- The 'alice' Norman Clements Foundation$14K
- Walsh Baptist Church$13K
- Farrand Street Bible Chapel$8,900
- Geraldton Faith Chapel$6,000
- Fellowship Baptist Church - O'Connor-Conmee$5,900
- Assembly of Friends$3,690
- Bloomington Gospel Church$3,570
- Slate River Baptist Church$3,268
- Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church$3,000
- Grace Evangelical Free Church of Thunder Bay$2,700
- Grace Family Bible Fellowship of the Otter Creeks Area Inc.$2,250
- Westfort Baptist Church$2,196
- Waterford Bible Church$2,000
- Rawdon Street Baptist Church$1,600
- Finnish Pentecostal Church$1,500
- Fort William Baptist Church Thunder Bay Ontario$1,500
- Bethel Park Bible Chapel of Brantford$1,050
- Hepworth Baptist Church$1,000
- Grace Baptist Church of Simcoe Inc.$700
- Assemblée Chrétienne de Sherbrooke$460
- Selkirk Christian Chapel$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$351K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Melhuish (president); Anthony Shapwaykeesic (director); Gerald Tyrell (director); Abe Knelsen (director); Scott Pennell (executive director); Jack Earls (director); Adi Caciula (director); Gord Davies (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rural Life Mission’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119129757RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.