Why Not City Missions Brantford
Charitable organization · Brantford, Ontario · BN 856573175RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($757,025) as filed with the CRA.
Why Not City Missions Brantford is a charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $842K in revenue and $757K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $219K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $840 in 2024, the largest being $840 to Victory Children's Homes International Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $362K in 2020 to $842K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Leaders in training program involves youth leadership and advice on activities. Provides employment and communication skills mentorship programs to engage youth in meaningful conversation provide a listining ear and screen for crisis situations provide food clothing school supplies in community on an ongoing basis provide financial awareness including budgeting and income taxes recreational activities and day trips for youth pastoral care along with food and support for the home-less and at-risk youth drop-in centre is open 7 days a week
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $842K | $757K | $640K | $23K | $840 | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $876K | $676K | $512K | $19K | $1,440 | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $607K | $359K | $80K | $840 | $1M |
| 2021 | $451K | $325K | $199K | $9,400 | $4,340 | $485K |
| 2020 | $362K | $211K | $181K | $5,816 | $2,840 | $421K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $840 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $219K from 27 charities:
- Society for the Promotion of Parental Schools for Christian Education of Brantford and Vicinity$62K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$43K
- The Charles H. Ivey Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$9,000
- Grace Free Reformed Church$7,325
- The Hensen Foundation$5,860
- Providence Free Reformed Church$5,810
- The Wayne Gretzky Foundation (canada)$5,000
- Traquair Family Foundation$5,000
- Brant United Way$4,998
- The Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise$4,500
- Victory Churches of Canada International Association$4,000
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Brantford$3,827
- Stephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz Foundation$3,500
- Grace Valley Church (Dundas)$3,000
- Farringdon Independent Church$3,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$2,400
- Jerseyville Baptist Church$2,250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,159
- Redeeming Grace Reformed Church$1,709
- Pleasant Valley Community Baptist Church$1,200
- The Bethel Community Gospel Centre$1,000
- Langford Community Church$700
- Barterpay It Forward Foundation$452
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$488K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Blackburn (secretary treasurer); Michael Bosveld (board chair); Edward Hensen (director); Charlie Kopczyk (director); Gary Reitsma (board); Joni Bouma (board); David Ralph (board); Cyndi Laman (board).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Why Not City Missions Brantford’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856573175RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.