Westport Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Westport, Nova Scotia · BN 119295491RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,125) as filed with the CRA.
Westport Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Westport, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $46K in revenue and $35K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $690.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $9,040 in 2024, the largest being $2,710 to United Baptist Woman's Missionary Union of the Atlantic Provinces. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $70K in 2020 to $46K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
(1) we conduct one worship service each sunday (2) visit homes hospitals and nursing homes (3) leadership team meets to conduct business (4) raise money to support various missions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $46K | $35K | $10K | — | $10K | $844K |
| 2023 | $39K | $224K | $7,910 | — | $7,910 | $824K |
| 2022 | $182K | $28K | $5,221 | — | $5,221 | $841K |
| 2021 | $40K | $34K | $4,110 | — | $4,110 | $837K |
| 2020 | $70K | $52K | — | — | $3,747 | $831K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,040 to 8 qualified donees:
- United Baptist Woman's Missionary Union of the Atlantic Provinces$2,710
- Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada$2,640
- The Navigators$1,000
- Canadian Baptist Ministries$1,000
- Westport Baptist Church$690
- Crandall University Université Crandall$400
- Acadia Divinity College$400
- Tricounty Pregnancy CARE Centre Association$200
Received $690 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sharon Pugh (church clerk); Grace Welch (treasurer); Jeanette Denton (financial secretary); Philip Welch (leadership team); McDormand Barbara (leadership team).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westport Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119295491RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.