Sandford Zephyr United Church
Charitable organization · Sandford, Ontario · BN 119138865RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($88,692) as filed with the CRA.
Sandford Zephyr United Church is a charitable organization based in Sandford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $33K in revenue and $89K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $75.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $1,731 in 2024, the largest being $1,411 to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The sanford united church (suc) holds regular weekly spiritual worship of the christian faith for about 20 parishioners. Through mainly monetary donations in addition to paying the church operating and maintenance costs the suc makes financial donations to a local food bank the mission & service fund of the united church of canada and other local charitable organizations all in support of humanitarian relief and social development programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33K | $89K | $86K | $988 | $1,731 | $504K |
| 2023 | $39K | $20K | $12K | $251 | $7,592 | $533K |
| 2022 | $25K | $34K | $28K | — | $5,270 | $829K |
| 2021 | $18K | $15K | $7,277 | — | $6,766 | $376K |
| 2020 | $47K | $24K | — | $12 | $7,325 | $366K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,731 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $75 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$33K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adele Boy (unified board - chair); Carol Johnson (unified board - secretary); Jean Sopel (treasurer - sandford united); Alphonse Sopel (unified board - member); Bruce Harwood (trustee - sandford united); Norma Scott (trustee - sandford united); Bruce Smith (trustee - sandford united).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sandford Zephyr United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119138865RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.