The Gathering Place Community Church
Charitable organization · Ridgetown, Ontario · BN 130189632RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($169,291) as filed with the CRA.
The Gathering Place Community Church is a charitable organization based in Ridgetown, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $169K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $2,300 to Loads of Love Humanitarian Aid & Mission Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $204K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Sunday worship services; sunday school and activities; bible study groups; men's youth and co-ed fellowship; youth group; visitation; memorial services; financial support to other canadian charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $169K | $151K | $0 | $13K | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $562K | $325K | $304K | $256 | $16K | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $368K | $354K | — | $8,700 | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $173K | $152K | $137K | — | $10K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $204K | $162K | $151K | — | $6,425 | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 11 qualified donees:
- Loads of Love Humanitarian Aid & Mission Society$2,300
- Ridgetown and Area Campus Chaplaincy Program$2,100
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$1,500
- Assists Projects$1,500
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$1,000
- Chatham Kent Women's Centre Inc.$1,000
- Chatham Kent Hospice Inc.$1,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chatham-Kent$1,000
- World Vision Canada$600
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$500
- New Beginning Ministries Apostolic Faith Church$500
Received $101K from 1 charity:
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$113K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Jones (vice-president/director); John Dick (president (chair)/director); Boyd Nichol (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gathering Place Community Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130189632RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.