Waterdown Pastoral Charge ST James United Church
Charitable organization · Waterdown, Ontario · BN 891012049RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($578,593) as filed with the CRA.
Waterdown Pastoral Charge ST James United Church is a charitable organization based in Waterdown, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $311K in revenue and $579K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
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 fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,450 in 2024, the largest being $3,450 to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1. Conducted one weekly Sunday Worship Service 2. Provided Bible & Book Studies 3. Provided weekly Youth Group 4. Support Flamborough Food Bank 5. Supported the United Church of Canada's Mission & Service Fund 6. Provide weekly Sunday School 7. Provided Pastoral Care 8. Conducted a weekly Men's Study group 9. Supported the Migrant's Matter Flamborough Outreach program 10. Street Mission Outreach Program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $311K | $579K | $237K | $0 | $3,450 | $9.3M |
| 2023 | $205K | $295K | $229K | — | $7,781 | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $163K | $248K | $215K | — | $4,949 | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $197K | $251K | $201K | — | $5,385 | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $224K | $223K | $200K | — | $8,159 | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,450 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $16K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$153K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Baksh (trustee & outreach chair); David Rice (trustee); Paul Raphael (governance board chair); Jane Lee (coordinating ministry chair); Rick Harper (governance board); Wayne Couch (finance chair); Dave Sindrey (property chair); Ruth Nicholson (youth ministry chair); Sue Collins (trustee); Dave Nicholson (trustee); Cindy Ellison (governance board); Connie Moore (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterdown Pastoral Charge ST James United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891012049RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.