Southminster United Church
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119157923RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($525,662) as filed with the CRA.
Southminster United Church is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $384K in revenue and $526K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $85K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $15K to The United Church of Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $849K in 2020 to $384K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Weekly worship services; weekly music concerts; ongoing ministries for adults youth children; pastoral care; donate funds to denominational headquarters for mission and service; collect and donate funds for local food bank and other local charities; provide support for homeless and needy individuals; provide weekly free meals throughout the colder months.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $384K | $526K | $466K | $58K | $16K | $8.7M |
| 2023 | $442K | $410K | $276K | $53K | $17K | $7.7M |
| 2022 | $624K | $688K | $567K | $44K | $24K | $7.7M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $60K | $23K | $7.8M |
| 2020 | $849K | $1.1M | $882K | $12K | $122K | $405K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $85K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$192K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Pringle (chair); Margaret Isaac (trustee/treasurer); Sandra Black; Steven Mennill (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 119157923RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.