The Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church
Charitable organization · Merritt, British Columbia · BN 107774523RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($265,712) as filed with the CRA.
The Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church is a charitable organization based in Merritt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $337K in revenue and $266K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $36K in 2024, the largest being $7,700 to The Evangelical Free Church of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $215K in 2020 to $337K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The ministries provided are for women men youth and children. The purpose is to provide support to the community in terms of spiritual guidance based on Christian principles as illustrated by the Holy Bible. The church provides a place of worship for its congregation as well as a place of religious fellowship. The church also provides support for missionary organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $337K | $266K | $154K | $71K | $36K | $237K |
| 2023 | $324K | $254K | $199K | $15K | $34K | $144K |
| 2022 | $398K | $398K | $194K | $159K | $34K | $103K |
| 2021 | $245K | $223K | $153K | $24K | $36K | $70K |
| 2020 | $215K | $270K | $225K | — | $36K | $48K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $36K to 8 qualified donees:
- The Evangelical Free Church of Canada$7,700
- Evangelical Free Church of Canada - Canadian Pacific Distric$7,400
- Greater Vancouver Youth for Christ$5,400
- North America Indian Mission of Canada$4,800
- Northern Canada Evangelical Mission Inc.$4,800
- Impact Ministries Canada$3,400
- Hockey Ministries of Canada$2,400
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$300
Received $20K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$71K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Clark (deacon); Paul Willms (deacon); John Russell (deacon); James Ritchie (deacon); Ronnald Moes (elder); Henry Janzen (deacon); Wendy Van Dokkumburg (deacon); David McCauley (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Nicola Valley Evangelical Free Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107774523RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.