Trinity United Church
Charitable organization · Creston, British Columbia · BN 108141813RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($347,041) as filed with the CRA.
Trinity United Church is a charitable organization based in Creston, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $308K in revenue and $347K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,240.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $13K to The United Church of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $202K in 2020 to $308K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Hold weekly worship services provide pastoral care to members and the community provide weekly meals to the poor and marginalized members of the community provide funds to denominational headquarters for missionary functions support the local refugee committees provide funds to First United Church in Vancouver for outreach work provide funds to various local charities and missions operate a temporary homeless shelter from January to March of 2024
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $308K | $347K | $307K | $10K | $23K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $252K | $226K | $154K | $6,630 | $63K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $244K | $230K | $178K | $16K | $33K | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $214K | $200K | $132K | $31K | $29K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $202K | $183K | $24K | $0 | $7,762 | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 13 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$13K
- First United Church Community Ministry Society$1,200
- Valley Community Services Society$1,000
- Wildsight$1,000
- Creston Valley Music Teachers' Association$1,000
- Creston Ministerial Association$1,000
- Kootenai Community Centre Society$1,000
- Creston Valley Society for Therapeutic Horsemanship$1,000
- Creston Valley Hospice Society$1,000
- Special Olympics British Columbia Society$1,000
- Central Kootenay Spay Neuter Animal Program Society$500
- Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$175
Received $6,240 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$213K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arnold DeBoon (trustee); Vern Ronmark (trustee); Anjanee Gyan-Dyck (trustee); Anne Jackson (chair - ministry & personnel); Paul Goldsmith (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trinity United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108141813RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.