St. Aidan Orthodox Church
Charitable organization · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 737915124RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($290,729) as filed with the CRA.
St. Aidan Orthodox Church is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $291K in revenue and $291K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,944.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $29K to Archdiocese of Canada Orthodox Church in America. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $160K in 2020 to $291K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1) place of worship including weekday vespers sunday and festal divine liturgies church school and study groups 2) pastoral care including confession home/hospital visits weddings funerals and religious fellowship 3) support and service to local and national charities 4) bookstore- sale of orthodox books icons candles incense etc. 5) regular monday morning free breakfast for those in need 6) regular wednesday morning free breakfast for those in need for the first two wednesdays of each month 7)community garden for the needy
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $291K | $291K | $215K | — | $29K | $864K |
| 2023 | $583K | $204K | $178K | $87 | $13K | $863K |
| 2022 | $360K | $153K | $123K | $0 | $21K | $476K |
| 2021 | $460K | $176K | $149K | $0 | $15K | $334K |
| 2020 | $160K | $134K | $96K | — | $18K | $179K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $4,944 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,944
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$47K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Applegate (rector); Ellen Dearden (president); Paul Bartlett (deacon); Kurt Jordan (deacon); Meskerem Billey (treasurer); Rebecca Kirby (secretary); Cheryl Mikulcik (director); Victoria Jordan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Aidan Orthodox Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 737915124RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.