Sovereign Grace Community Church
Charitable organization · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 119159010RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($291,256) as filed with the CRA.
Sovereign Grace Community Church is a charitable organization based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $283K in revenue and $291K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% 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 11 qualified donees totalling $71K in 2024, the largest being $18K to The Great Commission Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Weekly religious programs missions outreach social outreach.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $283K | $291K | $201K | — | $71K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $303K | $301K | $213K | $0 | $70K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $334K | $306K | $226K | — | $63K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $282K | $255K | $168K | — | $71K | $987K |
| 2020 | $270K | $208K | — | — | $54K | $954K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $71K to 11 qualified donees:
- The Great Commission Foundation$18K
- MSC Canada$8,500
- Emmanuel Relief and Rehabilitation International of Canada$8,500
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$8,500
- Wec International$6,375
- Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada$5,500
- NeighbourLink Sarnia-Lambton$4,080
- The Rock on Campus$3,650
- Lambton Crisis Pregnancy Centre$3,050
- The Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College$2,750
- The Trustees of the Fundamental Baptist Church of Chipman$2,125
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$115K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Pelleboer (elder); Martin Vanderelst (elder); Garth Lepine (treasurer); Calvin Christopher (elder); Seth Tomlinson (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sovereign Grace Community Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119159010RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.