Threshold Ministries
Charitable organization · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 119223006RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($964,852) as filed with the CRA.
Threshold Ministries is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $744K in revenue and $965K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 20% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $141K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Religious and charitable organization engaged in evangelism and Christian social service within the framework of the Christian Church. Activities include: lay workers with the clergy youth work chaplains in prisons social assistance to the needy training men and women for evangelism and Christian social service.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $744K | $965K | $184K | $32K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $846K | $894K | $613K | $23K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1M | $741K | $579K | $14K | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $747K | $664K | $461K | $4,606 | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $689K | $648K | $442K | $6,061 | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $141K from 26 charities:
- Richview Baptist Church$27K
- Vancouver Foundation$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Trust Under the Will of Evelyn Christine Byworth (the Church Army Trust)$18K
- Christ Church ST. James Anglican Church$3,600
- Evig Foundation$3,000
- John William & Hannah & Roland Frank Whittaker Charitable Trust No. 2$2,643
- Church of our Lord$2,525
- Forest Hills United Baptist Church Inc.$2,210
- The Open Gate Church$2,200
- Church of the Resurrection$2,000
- ST Olave's Church$2,000
- The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of ST. Mark Saint John$1,647
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$1,560
- The Table Missionary Society$1,500
- The Anglican Church of St. John the Divine Victoria$1,230
- Kings Church$1,200
- The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Coldbrook$925
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$500
- Canadian Bible Society/la Societe Biblique Canadienne$438
- ST John's Anglican Church$370
- ST. Cuthbert's Anglican Church$150
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100
- Toronto Diocesan Anglican Church Women$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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$549K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Bell (director); Norbert Haukenfrers (chairman); Doug Schindel (treasurer); Edward Keeping (director); Chris Dow (board member); Kathy Jeffries (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Threshold Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119223006RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.