Westdale Reformed Church
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 863990602RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($215,028) as filed with the CRA.
Westdale Reformed Church is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $173K in revenue and $215K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,760.
Compared with 13,977 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $93K in 2022, the largest being $15K to The Regional Synod of Canada Inc. Reformed Church in America. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $289K in 2020 to $173K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Places of worship confregations parishes dioceses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $173K | $215K | $172K | — | $33K | $81K |
| 2022 | $319K | $331K | $216K | — | $93K | $156K |
| 2021 | $289K | $232K | $152K | — | $68K | $167K |
| 2020 | $289K | $280K | $187K | — | $82K | $128K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $93K to 16 qualified donees:
- The Regional Synod of Canada Inc. Reformed Church in America$15K
- Greater Hamilton Food Share$14K
- Mission Services of Hamilton Inc.$10K
- Countryside Camp and Conference Centre Association$5,740
- City Kidz Ministry$5,275
- The Living Rock Ministries$5,033
- Ontario Christian Gleaners$5,000
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$4,710
- Sew On Fire Ministries$4,510
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$4,370
- Helping Hands Street Mission$4,194
- Reach Forth$4,010
- Redeemer University$3,785
- Providence Christian School$3,725
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$3,725
- Bethel Reformed Church of Smithers B.C.$100
Received $1,760 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$31K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Thais Lima (director); Duane Vanderlaan (director); Jose Garreton (director); Bruno Ferreira (director); Gildo Vieira (director); Stephen Shaffer (director); John Kapteyn (executive secretary).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westdale Reformed Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863990602RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.