The Cornerstone
Charitable organization · Chatham, Ontario · BN 119228591RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($23,858) as filed with the CRA.
The Cornerstone is a charitable organization based in Chatham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $46K in revenue and $24K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers.
It reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Lema'an Zion. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Minister is chaplin for chatham-kent police provides services 3 times a week. Clothing and food for street people/homeless
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $46K | $24K | — | — | $12K | $511K |
| 2023 | $49K | $41K | — | — | $10K | $512K |
| 2022 | $36K | $314K | — | — | $16K | $514K |
| 2021 | $38K | $40K | — | — | $9,252 | $534K |
| 2020 | $43K | $53K | — | — | $14K | $537K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 18 qualified donees:
- Lema'an Zion$5,000
- New Beginning Ministries Apostolic Faith Church$2,000
- Compassion Canada$1,296
- Doctors Without Borders$1,200
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$1,200
- Christian Blind Mission$300
- Mouth & Foot Artists$200
- Cancer Research Society$100
- Operation Smile Canada Foundation$100
- Leprosy Mission$100
- MS Canada SP Canada$50
- March of Dimes Canada$50
- Cystic Fibrosis$50
- Christian Horizons$50
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada/alliance Évangélique du Canada$50
- Bible Leage of Canada$50
- ShareWord Global Canada$50
- Christians for Israel Canada—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$6,100
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Sharrow (minister); Joseph Milak (elder); Marie Gordon (elder); Leah McCullough (elden); Vicky Sharrow (sec/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cornerstone’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119228591RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.