Windsor Baptist Refugee Ministries
Charitable organization · Windsor, Ontario · BN 897339800RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($838,289) as filed with the CRA.
Windsor Baptist Refugee Ministries is a charitable organization based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $733K in revenue and $838K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 8% from government, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $241K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,600 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Matthew House Ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $459K in 2020 to $733K in 2024.
In its own words
Our focus remains newly arrived refugee claimants and precarious migrants and out of our two Windsor Ontario locations we provide: • Temporary shelter and support for basic needs • Settlement supports and social service system navigation • Community orientation and connection to social recreational volunteer and employment opportunities • Connection to Canadian cultural experiences • Connection to faith communities • Financial supports to facilitate family reunification and significant settlement needs • Virtual Connection Hub for connection to lawyers and IRCC remotely • Furniture and mo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $733K | $838K | $703K | $33K | $2,600 | $305K |
| 2023 | $666K | $664K | $607K | $27K | $3,150 | $410K |
| 2022 | $486K | $487K | $362K | $2,589 | $3,050 | $408K |
| 2021 | $421K | $415K | $318K | $11K | $3,086 | $404K |
| 2020 | $459K | $393K | $335K | $29K | — | $381K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,600 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $241K from 24 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Heritage Park Alliance Church$13K
- Banwell Community Church$12K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$11K
- Windsor Christian Fellowship$6,600
- Grace Baptist Church of Windsor$4,560
- First Baptist Church$4,371
- Frontlines Christian Fellowship Inc.$4,000
- Grace Bible Church of Windsor$3,705
- Lakeshore ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$3,600
- Parkwood Gospel Church of Windsor$3,000
- Ambassador Baptist Church$2,000
- Bothwell Baptist Church$1,800
- Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec$1,500
- Wheatley Baptist Church$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,259
- Inspiration 9 Church$1,200
- Northshore Community Church$700
- Grace Ministries Windsor$300
- Peace Lutheran Church$300
- Blenheim Baptist Church$150
- Unity Church of Windsor$89
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$15
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$415K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Windsor Baptist Refugee Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897339800RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.