Shantz Mennonite Church
Charitable organization · Baden, Ontario · BN 813771870RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($881,122) as filed with the CRA.
Shantz Mennonite Church is a charitable organization based in Baden, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $379K in revenue and $881K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $101K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Eglise Mennonite de l'Est du Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $379K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Weekly worship services; christian education for all ages; pastoral care; kids club and youth fellowhsip; vacation bible school; donate funds to denomination headquarters; missionary activities and world relief.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $379K | $881K | $713K | — | $98K | $10.3M |
| 2023 | $150K | $892K | $730K | — | $134K | $10.8M |
| 2022 | $54K | $782K | $432K | — | $323K | $11.5M |
| 2021 | $886K | $755K | $157K | — | $585K | $12.2M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $597K | $151K | — | $363K | $12.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $101K to 14 qualified donees:
- Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Eglise Mennonite de l'Est du Canada$45K
- Canada-Africa Community Health Alliance/alliance de Sante Communautaire Canada-Afrique$25K
- Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp Inc.$5,050
- Mennonite Central Committee Ontario$4,730
- Ray of Hope Inc.$3,666
- Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale Inc.$3,500
- K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed$3,314
- Food4Kids Waterloo Region$2,702
- Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario$2,557
- Wilmot Family Resource Centre Inc$2,553
- House of Friendship$1,200
- Southwestern Ontario Youth for Christ$1,000
- Shalom Counselling Services Inc.$819
- Sim Canada$500
Received $49K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$126K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Shantz (chair); Katharine Oja (vice chair); Joanne Herrie Braun (secretary); Paul Tonelli (stewardship & finance rep); James Oja (property rep); Susan Bergey (elder rep); Jane Schultz-Janzen (christian education rep); Kathryn Kinzie (mission service & outreach re); Valerie Alton (worship rep); Henry Winter (church & family life rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shantz Mennonite Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813771870RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.