The Church Lad's Brigade
Charitable organization · St.john's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 132412354RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($547,901) as filed with the CRA.
The Church Lad's Brigade is a charitable organization based in St.john's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $553K in revenue and $548K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,402.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $217K in 2020 to $553K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We provide educational recreational and social activities to our youth members on a weekly basis camps and week long summer camps to our youth members we provide weekend sports tournaments to our youth members our youth members and to our adult volunteers
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $553K | $548K | $131K | $400K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $447K | $446K | $106K | $326K | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $544K | $458K | $203K | $235K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $285K | $323K | $175K | $134K | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $217K | $298K | $197K | $86K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,402 from 4 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$88K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheila Mercer (chair); Roberta Dwyer (secretary); Keith Arns (finance committee chair); Gail Dick (member); Robert Barnes (member); Ronald Coish (quartermaster); Bruce Tilley (member); David Mercer (archivist).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Church Lad's Brigade’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132412354RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.