The Wesleyan Church of Canada/l'eglise Wesleyenne du Canada
Charitable organization · Sussex, New Brunswick · BN 892556168RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,736,002) as filed with the CRA.
The Wesleyan Church of Canada/l'eglise Wesleyenne du Canada is a charitable organization based in Sussex, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 88% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $698K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $613K in 2024, the largest being $612K to Kingswood University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The wesleyan church of canada provides funding received from more than 100 wesleyan churches across canada in support of various organization with which it works closely to carry out its charitable programs. The main programs of the church are church multiplication church health and revitalization global engagement leadership development and ministries of compassion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.1M | — | $613K | $177K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.4M | — | $668K | $122K |
| 2022 | $2M | $2M | $1.4M | — | $640K | $194K |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.3M | $1.6M | — | $627K | $190K |
| 2020 | $2M | $2M | $411K | — | $1.5M | $292K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $613K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $698K from 18 charities:
- Central Canada District of The Wesleyan Church$585K
- Tidal Church$33K
- The Canadian Wesleyan Missions Board$23K
- Deep Water Church$20K
- Trentside Baptist Church$9,050
- Brockville Wesleyan Church$7,412
- Pickering Standard Church$5,806
- Wesleyan Standard Church of Canada$3,293
- Église Nouvelle Vie de Longueuil$3,250
- The Wesleyan Church$2,847
- Inkerman Wesleyan Church$1,900
- Faith United Baptist Church of New Maryland Inc.$1,150
- Woodstock Christian Academy (WCA) Inc.$700
- Wesleyan Standard Church of Canada$500
- Trustees of Brown's Flat United Baptist Church Inc.$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$480
- Norwood Wesleyan Standard Church$450
- Sussex Wesleyan Church$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$340K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Elliott (chairperson); Richard Arulpooranam (secretary); Eric Hallet (director); Paula Bennett (treasurer); Eric Currie (director); Peter Moore (vice chair of the board); Sharon Buptill (director); Etienne Bandyayera (director); Paul Perry (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wesleyan Church of Canada/l'eglise Wesleyenne du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892556168RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.