The Olive Branch Community Church
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 864535505RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,047,867) as filed with the CRA.
The Olive Branch Community Church is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Fight4Freedom. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Planning promote and conducting a number of weekly weekend church services that focus on teaching worship celebration and prayer as well as teaching children caring for infants and a whole variety of services available to the church members (known as 'ministry partners') ministry family and guests from the community. Planning promoting and conducting weekly bi-weekly monthly and annual meeting for smaller group teams etc. That would serve the purpose of assisting their connectedness servanthood personal growth and discovery of their own aptitudes and giftedness along with ch…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1M | $781K | — | $40K | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $772K | — | $30K | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $982K | $736K | — | $21K | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $976K | $739K | — | $16K | $3M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $916K | $699K | — | $18K | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 16 qualified donees:
- Fight4Freedom$5,000
- Restore Method of Care Canada$5,000
- Toronto Youth for Christ$3,500
- World Vision Canada$2,500
- One Hope Ministries of Canada$2,500
- The Great Commission Foundation$2,500
- Safe Families Canada$2,500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$2,500
- 360Kids Support Services$2,500
- Young Life of Canada$2,500
- City Street Outreach$2,430
- Sharing the Burden.ca$2,369
- Church in Regent Park$2,110
- Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries Canada$1,250
- Church in Regent Park$250
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$498K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jesse Gamble (chair); Susan John; David Fry; Allan Tam; Colin Reitsma (finance chair); Shimon Cabrera; Alice Mah; David Finnegan; Charles Offer; Raymer Cheryl.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Olive Branch Community Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864535505RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.