WESLEY UNITED CHURCH
Charitable organizationChristianity·244 FIRST AVE · WELLAND, ON · L3C 1Y8·BN 119291839RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
95¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
5%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
4 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$289K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Wesley United Church?
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Is Wesley United Church a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 119291839RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Wesley United Church located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 244 FIRST AVE, WELLAND, ON, L3C 1Y8. Source.
What does Wesley United Church do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "As a religious organization: We hold worship services weekly. We provide Ministries for women men youth and children weekly and monthly. We donate funds to the United Church of Canada's Mission and Service program on a regular basis and donate to local charities on an annual basis. We support Welland Holy…" Full program description.
How much of Wesley United Church's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 95¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Wesley United Church?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $289K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
As a religious organization: We hold worship services weekly. We provide Ministries for women men youth and children weekly and monthly. We donate funds to the United Church of Canada's Mission and Service program on a regular basis and donate to local charities on an annual basis. We support Welland Holy Trinity's Breakfast program. We also support local food banks with food drives 3 or 4 times a year. Community groups use our facilities on a weekly basis. We hold a Monthly Community Senior's Event. We resumed providing Harvest Kitchen Dinners once/month.
New programs
We provided and filled an outdoor food pantry 5 days a week.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
95¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 95¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 95¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
5%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
4 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$289K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)43%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
43%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
57%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $275K | 93¢ | 7% | 2.5 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $255K | 91¢ | 9% | 4 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $562K | 94¢ | 6% | 4.7 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $154K | 93¢ | 7% | 3.6 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $440K | 92¢ | 8% | 4.9 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $289K | 95¢ | 5% | 4 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
23 directors reported · 17 of 23at arm's length
- GRAHAM, HUGHCHAIR/SECRETARY OF COUNCILnot at arm's length
- REED, DAVID RTREASURER / TRUSTEEnot at arm's length
- REED, JENNIFER LWOMEN OF WESLEY CHAIRnot at arm's length
- FRAIPONT, DELWYN RCHAIR OF PROPERTYarm's length
- SERNAISIE, CAROL JCHAIR/MEMBER AT LARGE OF COUNCarm's length
- CUTLER, BEVCHRISTIAN DEVELOPEMENT CHAIRarm's length
- WILLFORD, DOUG VREGIONAL COUNCIL REP.arm's length
- PARSONS, VICTORIATRUSTEEarm's length
- GRAHAM, SANDYCHAIR OF TRUSTEESnot at arm's length
- WHITEHEAD, DAVIDTRUSTEEarm's length
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- PINNEGAR, ANNTRUSTEEarm's length
- EVANS, ROBERT CTRUSTEEarm's length
- VANLOON, RICK LTRUSTEEarm's length
- KORUNA, JANETRUSTEEarm's length
- KMIECIK, CAROLTRUSTEEarm's length
- TREWARTHA, MARY LTRUSTEEarm's length
- DENONCOURT, HEATHERMINISTRY & PERSONNEL REP.arm's length
- Young, Kathy EMemorial Chairarm's length
- Gault Coombes, ShellyMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- SIMPSON, JOANCHAIR OF CHURCH COUNCILnot at arm's length
- WILKINSON, TOMCHAIR OF WORSHIP & MUSICnot at arm's length
- SCARLETT, LENNOX 0MINISTERarm's length
- JOYNT-TAYLOR, CATHYMINISTERY & PERSONNEL CHAIRarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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