The Bridge Church
Charitable organization · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 780159927RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($252,434) as filed with the CRA.
The Bridge Church is a charitable organization based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $329K in revenue and $252K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $98K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $102K in 2020 to $329K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Free breakfast program: receives donated food and in return provides free breakfast to the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $329K | $252K | $244K | $1,311 | — | $397K |
| 2023 | $345K | $258K | $219K | $24K | — | $321K |
| 2022 | $181K | $72K | $30K | $5,975 | — | $295K |
| 2021 | $111K | — | — | — | — | $186K |
| 2020 | $102K | $35K | — | — | — | $151K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $98K from 14 charities:
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$43K
- Classis Niagara of The Christian Reformed Church of North America$15K
- Faith Fellowship Christian Reformed Church Niagara$11K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- Mountainview Christian Reformed Church of Grimsby$7,975
- Smithville and District Association for Christian Education Incorporated$2,337
- Covenant Christian Reformed Church of ST. Catharines$2,093
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,500
- Riverside Christian Reformed Church of Wellandport$1,184
- Grace Christian Reformed Church of Welland$1,147
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,120
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Dunnville$874
- Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Fenwick$235
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$206
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$148K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hans Banderhorst (chair); Cathy Benjamins (secretary/treasurer); Steve Deboer (pastor); Karin Vermeer (vice chair); Andy Wunderink (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bridge Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 780159927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.