Taproot Ministries
Charitable organization · Sidney, British Columbia · BN 107869075RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($145,173) as filed with the CRA.
Taproot Ministries is a charitable organization based in Sidney, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $149K in revenue and $145K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 78% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $1,300 in 2024, the largest being $650 to Ministers Network of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Effective April 2022 Taproot began to receive donations for the programs they were operating including (1) regular church meetings in person and by zoom. (2) Pastoral Care offered to individuals families and ministers. (3) Sponsoring and conducting teaching seminars. (4) Training and developing for pastoral ministry. (5) Traveling to give counsel and oversight to other churches. (6) Continued development of a social media presence and updating the website (7) Development of a video library that facilitates instruction to and for Christian Pastors and Ministers (8) Development of a blog pl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $149K | $145K | $0 | $0 | $1,300 | $13K |
| 2023 | $130K | $138K | $138K | $0 | $750 | -$7,760 |
| 2022 | $26K | $63 | $23 | $0 | $0 | $25K |
| 2021 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,300 to 4 qualified donees:
- Ministers Network of Canada$650
- Good News International Ministries$350
- Global Harvest Ministries International$150
- Harvesters Together Ministries$150
Received $52K from 14 charities:
- Ministers Network Canada$12K
- Medicine Hat Family Church$8,000
- Life Church International$7,825
- R M H New Life Christian Centre$4,400
- Keystone Victoria Christian Ministries$4,388
- Capital City Church (Canada)$3,500
- Destiny Christian Centre (Algoma)$2,500
- North American Word Outreach Inc.$2,400
- Good News Ministries of Toronto$2,000
- Inspiration 9 Church$1,800
- Covenant Word of Life Ministries Society$1,200
- Randall Foundation Inc.$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$486
- My Charity Fund$144
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$100K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David McGrew (director); Harry Dreher (director); Lloyd Hoetmer (director); Debra Page (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Taproot Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107869075RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.