Southminster United Church
Charitable organization · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 107996597RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($193,276) as filed with the CRA.
Southminster United Church is a charitable organization based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $158K in revenue and $193K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $605.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $6,370 in 2024, the largest being $3,720 to United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We provide RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS PUBLIC SERVICE FOR WORSHIP AND PRAYER. We offer MISSION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS INCLUDING a weekly FREE COMMUNITY LUNCH AND THRIFT SHOP. We provide space for community groups such as Montessori school Highland Dance classes and Yoga. We provide community gardens for a nominal cost or free if recommended by another community agency. We support financially and materially (food and clothing) a program that delivers meals clothing and social supports to the unhoused in our community. We support financially and materially the …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $158K | $193K | $165K | — | $6,370 | $853K |
| 2023 | $154K | $119K | $96K | $112 | $5,884 | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $190K | $195K | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $192K | $168K | $27K | $471 | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $186K | $215K | $141K | — | $6,028 | $887K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,370 to 8 qualified donees:
- United Church of Canada$3,720
- Project Share$700
- Cave Springs Camp Inc.$500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$400
- YWCA$350
- Niagara Falls Community Outreach$300
- Our Daily Bread$200
- Ontario Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$200
Received $605 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$90K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marjorie Morris (trustee); Paula Bailey (trustee); Elizabeth Grice (trustee); Laurie Bennett (trustee); Martha Lockwood (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southminster United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107996597RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.