The Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 108090929RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($492,867) as filed with the CRA.
The Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $463K in revenue and $493K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $366K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $110K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $463K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Establish and maintain places of worship. Administer gifts and funds for these programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $463K | $493K | $98K | — | $110K | $210K |
| 2023 | $460K | $426K | $82K | — | $166K | $239K |
| 2022 | $619K | $631K | $96K | — | $293K | $206K |
| 2021 | $826K | $777K | $551K | — | $140K | $444K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $923K | $576K | — | $20K | $412K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $110K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $366K from 15 charities:
- Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church$112K
- Cornerstone Community Church (niagara)$45K
- Zurich Mennonite Church$30K
- Mountain Park Church$27K
- Maple View Mennonite Church$23K
- Meadow Brook Fellowship$23K
- Abundance Canada$21K
- Evergreen Heights Christian Fellowship$20K
- Northend Church$15K
- ST. Ann's Community Church$14K
- Grantham Mennonite Brethren Church$12K
- The Gathering Ottawa Church Ministry Corporation$12K
- New Life Christian Church Toronto$9,000
- Grace Mennonite Brethren Church$4,150
- Canadahelps Canadon$781
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$280K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle Knowles (chairman); Jeff MacLeod (director); Andrew Plett (director); Doug Valerio (vice chairman); Noah Grossman (director); Brent Kipfer (director); Meghan Plett (secretary); Anita Boles (treasurer); Richard Martens (director); Tanya Janssen (director); Jeffrey Martens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108090929RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.