St. Jacobs Mennonite Church
Charitable organization · St.jacobs, Ontario · BN 735516924RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($573,349) as filed with the CRA.
St. Jacobs Mennonite Church is a charitable organization based in St.jacobs, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $473K in revenue and $573K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $54K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% 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 12 qualified donees totalling $97K in 2024, the largest being $84K to Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Eglise Mennonite de l'Est du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
St. Jacobs mennonite church seeks to celebrate and listen to the living god; empowered by the holy spirit to be a welcoming caring community of faith centred in jesus christ; and to demonstrate god's love in our neighbourhoods and around the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $473K | $573K | $476K | — | $97K | $1M |
| 2023 | $459K | $472K | $372K | — | $101K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $501K | $536K | $428K | — | $108K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $501K | $525K | $394K | — | $131K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $490K | $494K | $366K | — | $128K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $97K to 12 qualified donees:
- Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Eglise Mennonite de l'Est du Canada$84K
- Mennonite World Conference Canada Inc$5,000
- Woolwich Community Services$2,288
- House of Friendship$1,750
- Shalom Counselling Services Inc.$1,300
- Mennonite Central Committee Ontario$1,160
- Mennohomes Inc.$700
- Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp Inc.$500
- Crow Shield Lodge$400
- Brain Injury Association Waterloo-Wellington$200
- Gospel Echoes Team Association of Canada$100
- Compass Refugee Centre Inc.$100
Received $54K from 2 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$218K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ryan Martin (chairperson); Susan Wideman (council secretary); Devin Martin (gifts ministry); Sandy Shantz (sunday morning ministry); Doug Shantz (finance & facilities ministry); Michael Lutzmann (community & hospitality mini); Darrell Bender (youth & young adult ministry); Melinda Metzger (youth & young adult ministry); Laura Wallace Jarvis (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Jacobs Mennonite Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 735516924RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.