Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 119304194RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,879,638) as filed with the CRA.
Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 55 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $474K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Parole de vie-Bethel incorporee. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Local Church curriculum; summer and winter camps for children and teens with biblical training emphasis; one year post secondary Bible Institute with in depth Bible instruction and Christian ministry and service training.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $727K | $45K | $414K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.1M | $711K | $53K | $670K | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2M | $664K | $42K | $517K | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $18K | $49K | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $11K | $49K | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $474K from 55 charities:
- Northview Community Church$183K
- Canadahelps Canadon$41K
- Canadahelps Canadon$41K
- First Baptist Church-Waterloo$33K
- Emmanuel Bible Church (simcoe)$19K
- South End Fellowship Baptist Church$14K
- Olivet Baptist Church of Meaford$10K
- Metropolitan Bible Church Ministry Corporation$9,800
- Rothesay Baptist Church Inc.$8,000
- Christ Community Church Fredericton Ltd.$7,200
- Newcastle Fellowship Baptist Church$6,830
- Severn Falls Chapel$6,750
- Grunthal Bergthaler Mennonite Church$6,000
- Celebration Church Brant$6,000
- Abundance Canada$5,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$5,000
- The Hensen Foundation$5,000
- Central Baptist Church Brantford$4,200
- Trinity Bible Chapel$4,200
- Heidelberg Bible Fellowship$3,700
- Christ Almighty Baptist Church$3,492
- Grant Memorial Baptist Church Inc$3,120
- Knollwood Baptist Church$3,000
- Fellowship Baptist Church$3,000
- Charlottetown Bible Chapel$2,830
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$672K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ray Adams (director); Bernard Gingras (vice president); Donald Healey (secretary); Douglas McLellan (treasurer); Robert Snell (director); Mark Strout (director); Alain Vaillancourt (director); Marco Carreau (director); John Nelson (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Word of Life Fellowship Canada Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119304194RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.