Water Street Christian Reformed Church of Guelph
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 118917392RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($936,948) as filed with the CRA.
Water Street Christian Reformed Church of Guelph is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $598K in revenue and $937K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,273.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $101K in 2024, the largest being $49K to CRC in North America. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We hold weekly worship services either in person or online and streamed via youtube. We provide educational/instructive/supportive programs for children youth adults and seniors. We provide outreach programs (youth neighbourhood and summer programs) to the community. We participate in providing food and other provisions for the homeless and those in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $598K | $937K | $765K | — | $101K | $10.2M |
| 2023 | $586K | $714K | $532K | — | $120K | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $569K | $694K | $487K | $0 | $150K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $676K | $741K | $543K | $0 | $150K | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $840K | $547K | $358K | $0 | $138K | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $101K to 22 qualified donees:
- CRC in North America$49K
- Classis Huron of the Christian Reformed Church in North America$11K
- World Renew$7,240
- Diaconal Ministries Canada$4,448
- Spiritwind Christian Centre of Guelph$3,382
- Michael House Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services$3,300
- Cambridge District Association for Christian Education$3,000
- Redeemer University$3,000
- John Calvin Christian School Society Guelph$3,000
- Huron Campus Ministry Guelph$2,000
- Teen Challenge Farm$1,559
- Chalmers Community Services Centre of the United Church of Canada$1,100
- Guelph (M.O.G.) Welcome In Drop In Centre Corporation$1,000
- Indwell Community Homes$1,000
- Dynamic Youth Ministries$1,000
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$1,000
- Free a Family (world Renew)$1,000
- Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington$806
- The Ministry to Seafarers of the Christian Reformed Church$600
- Countryside Camp and Conference Centre Association$600
- Karis Community Initiatives$500
- Coping Centre$350
Received $1,273 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$258K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Stoter (chair); Peter Kingma (director); Edward Kuipery (vice-chair); Karryne Vriesema (director); Willie Kooy (director); Bill Smedes (director); Barb Van de Hoef (director); Arthur Van Ommen (director); Philip Schmidt (director); Xiudong He (director); Tony Vyn (director); Teresa Oussoren (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Water Street Christian Reformed Church of Guelph’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118917392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.