Saint John Syriac Orthodox Church
Charitable organization · Waterdown, Ontario · BN 846961928RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($34,021) as filed with the CRA.
Saint John Syriac Orthodox Church is a charitable organization based in Waterdown, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $30K in revenue and $34K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to ST. Barsaumo Syriac Orthodox Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12K in 2020 to $30K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
(1) Conducted wedding ceremonies (2) Training and preparing youth to bring them to a level where they become alter servants community helpers and good citizens through helping and visiting seniors in the community (3) Arranged for lectures by very highly educated people from the community (4) Classes to teach 'Syriac' language that is needed to conduct religious services (5) Children of the church enjoyed parties on the church site and received gifts on Easter and Christmas (6) Kept all the normal services of the community in the City of Burlington when not under Covid-19 pandemic lockdown re…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30K | $34K | $30K | — | $1,500 | $39K |
| 2023 | $29K | $32K | $25K | — | $5,000 | $42K |
| 2022 | $33K | $24K | $21K | — | — | $45K |
| 2021 | $27K | $14K | $11K | $335 | — | $40K |
| 2020 | $12K | $23K | $20K | $335 | — | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,500 to 2 qualified donees:
- ST. Barsaumo Syriac Orthodox Church$1,000
- Protection of the B.v.m. Church$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Saliba (president); Raad Zayouna (member); Sabah Shamshoom (vice-president); Afram Saliba (member); Jasmine Saliba (treasurer); Bassam Hache (member); Sarmad Mati (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saint John Syriac Orthodox Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846961928RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.