Westdale United Church
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 130295330RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($419,896) as filed with the CRA.
Westdale United 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 $668K in revenue and $420K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $77K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. 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 19 qualified donees totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $17K to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
To provide a facility and support staff for Christian worship and service in the Westdale community of Hamilton Ontario
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $668K | $420K | $372K | — | $24K | $6.4M |
| 2023 | $400K | $306K | $268K | $479 | $23K | $6.2M |
| 2022 | $470K | $239K | $192K | $0 | $25K | $6.2M |
| 2021 | $672K | $282K | — | — | $24K | $6.2M |
| 2020 | $516K | $348K | $209K | — | $24K | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $24K to 19 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$17K
- Wesley Urban Ministries Inc.$1,730
- Oneida United Church$1,070
- The United Church of Canada$705
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$418
- Interval House of Hamilton-Wentworth$373
- The DR. Bob Kemp Hospice Foundation Inc.$278
- Hamilton Regional Indian Centre$248
- McMaster Campus Ministries Council$238
- Five Oaks Centre$233
- Canadahelps Canadon$200
- Hamilton Naturalists' Club$200
- Faith & The Common Good/La foi et le bien commun$200
- Ecojustice Canada Society$200
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$200
- National Farmers Foundation$200
- The Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society$200
- The Canadian Council of Churches$200
- Emergency Support Committee for Refugees$200
Received $77K from 3 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$199K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Glenn Fletcher (treasurer; trustee); Debra Kigar (chair of worship); Janet Kilgannon (regional council rep.; trustee); Lesley Hand (staff relations; secretary); Craig Wardlaw (chair trustees); Jeff Goodes (member at large); Frances Cameron (trustee); Garnet Webster (trustee); Donald Edward (Ted) Scott (trustee; chair council); Judith Drost-Storey (trustee); Warren Johnson (trustee); Lisa Scott (chair christian learning); Benjamin Goodes (youth member); Martha Giordano Ramsden (chair of outreach); Karen Ann Henderson (caring network (pastoral care)); Christopher Schankula (retional council rep); Robyn Kennedy (member at large); Neil Scott (youth member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westdale United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130295330RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.