West Highland Fellowship Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 108201047RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,326,137) as filed with the CRA.
West Highland Fellowship Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $62K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $266K in 2024, the largest being $70K to The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Meeting the spiritual needs of the community; supporting missionary work; providing worship services; teaching religious education; providing spiritual and social programs for children youth and adults; teaching English as a second language; Refugee sponsorship and support; Manage community gardens and King's Garden which donates food to local food banks.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | $266K | $8M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | — | $237K | $8M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.3M | $2M | — | $290K | $8M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2M | $1.8M | — | $245K | $7.6M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2M | $1.8M | — | $226K | $7.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $266K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$70K
- Helping Hands Street Mission$25K
- The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada$25K
- BCM International (canada) Inc.$24K
- Abwe Global Inc.$12K
- Galcom International Incorporated$10K
- Greater Europe Mission$9,000
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$9,000
- Avant Ministries Canada$8,000
- Power to Change Ministries$7,500
- Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary$7,000
- The Navigators of Canada$6,000
- Sim Canada$6,000
- Ethnos Canada$6,000
- Crossworld Inc.$6,000
- Focus21 Urban Church$5,000
- James North Baptist Church$4,000
- Ismc International Student Ministries Canada$3,600
- Agora Network Ministries$3,600
- The Gospel Coalition Canada$3,000
- Micah House Refugee Reception Services Inc.$2,500
- Séminaire baptiste évangélique du québec (SEMBEQ)$2,400
- Atwell Centre: Pregnancy Options Support$2,400
- Worldwide Evangelization for Christ$2,400
- Pathfinders Christian Fellowships$2,400
Received $62K 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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joel Ferreira (director); David Stairs (director); Kevin Miller (director); Helio Nichele (director); Paul Stimers (director); Paul Van De Merwe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Highland Fellowship Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108201047RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.