WESLEY UNITED CHURCH
Charitable organizationChristianity·244 FIRST AVE · WELLAND, ON · L3C 1Y8·BN 119291839RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)95¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 95¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)4 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
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 ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)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 ↗
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 |
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)
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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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