Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 847119948RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,831,950) as filed with the CRA.
Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $196K in 2024, the largest being $112K to The Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Weekly worship services; ministries for men women youth & children on a weekly or monthly basis; pastoral care. Funds are donated to various mission organizations. Support is provided to denominational headquarters.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.8M | $2.5M | — | $196K | $10.7M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $3M | $2.6M | — | $217K | $11.3M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | $182K | $12.1M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | $204K | $12.5M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.7M | $2.5M | — | $165K | $12.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $196K to 13 qualified donees:
- The Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches$112K
- MULTIPLY Network$44K
- MSC Canada$11K
- Compass Refugee Centre Inc.$10K
- Camp Crossroads$4,000
- Extreme Response Canada$3,500
- International Teams Canada Inc.$2,917
- Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary$2,500
- Bmmf/international Service Fellowship$2,000
- Wycliffe Bible Translators$2,000
- The Great Commission Foundation$1,000
- Act Five Initiatives$1,000
- Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada$500
Received $58K from 6 charities:
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joan Blackwood (secretary); Doug Dedman (director); JP Hayashida (director); Darcy Krahn (director); Tammy Miller (chair); Lori Pebbles (director); Ebenezer Rajeevan (director); Chad Roes (director); Robert Shuh (director); Stephen Spenler (director); Carlos Velilla (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847119948RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.