The Forge (church)
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 108199720RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-19. Split of total expenditures ($1,839,674) as filed with the CRA.
The Forge (church) is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending September 19, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6,453.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.8M to Canadian Baptists of Western Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $245K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The church holds services of christian worship; conducts education by ways of sunday teaching discipleship groups mid-week groups (connect) and engagement in the greater community; children's activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.8M | $99K | — | $1.7M | $9,395 |
| 2023 | $137K | $123K | $121K | — | $1,470 | $564K |
| 2022 | $201K | $201K | $194K | — | $6,000 | $551K |
| 2021 | $216K | $224K | $218K | — | $6,000 | $551K |
| 2020 | $245K | $209K | $202K | — | $6,800 | $559K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $6,453 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,453
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Nault (steward-moderator); Kathleen Stolar (steward-elder); Nola Paxton (steward-secretary); David ST. Cyr (steward-treasurer); Nellie Mais (steward-elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Forge (church)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108199720RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.