NORTHERN GRACE BIBLE CHURCH
Charitable organizationChristianity·PO BOX 21 · ALTONA, BC · V0C 2T0·BN 702071879RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
1. Corporate Gatherings started in November 2020. The church gathers for a minimum time of two hours on a weekly basis. Corporate gathering includes teaching Christian faith worship and encouragement to those in attendance. This gathering is beneficial to members (as per by-laws) the general public as it can be an outreach to people in spiritual need. There is no charge for attendance. 2. Children’s Ministry - Children’s ministry (Ages 3-12) is also part of NGBC. This includes but is not limited to Children’ Church and Adventure Club Program. These are Bible teaching activities that can incl… Show more
1. Corporate Gatherings started in November 2020. The church gathers for a minimum time of two hours on a weekly basis. Corporate gathering includes teaching Christian faith worship and encouragement to those in attendance. This gathering is beneficial to members (as per by-laws) the general public as it can be an outreach to people in spiritual need. There is no charge for attendance. 2. Children’s Ministry - Children’s ministry (Ages 3-12) is also part of NGBC. This includes but is not limited to Children’ Church and Adventure Club Program. These are Bible teaching activities that can include spiritual nurturing worship and physical activities such as crafts games and sports. This ministry is mostly kept at a weekly basis for a minimum time of two hours. These programs are also available to the general public. No fees are charged. Volunteers placed by the board of directors are in charge of this ministry 3. Youth Groups - Youth group (ages 13-21) is offered activity at NGBC. This group meets on a weekly basis for the minimal of two hours or as per volunteer staff availability. Our youth activities are geared to spiritual training and character development with extracurricular activities such as sports and games. Spiritual training includes Bible study faith-based games and Biblical truths applied to all activities. This is also an outreach to youth in the community as a tool to teach teenagers and young adults to become upstanding citizens. 4. Spiritual Counselling - Spiritual counselling is offered at NGBC. This is offered by (but not solely) the Lead Pastor in aspects such as questions about Christian faith pre and post marital counselling membership and baptism questionnaire and grief counselling. This is available to members and surrounding community. Spiritual counselling would be offered in accordance to our Statement of Faith and By-laws. 5. Bible Study - Bible study is a weekly occurrence at NGBC. This is led by individuals that meet the standards as per our statement of faith and by-laws and to the discretion of the board of directors. Everyone is welcome to attend. 6. Benevolent Community and global ministries - Benevolent community and global ministries are also part of the purpose for NGBC. This would include helping out with social needs of the community and donations to registered charities 7. Marriages baptisms and funerals as required
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)100¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 100¢ 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)—
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)1.2 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)$224K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)95%
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, 2021–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | $237K | — | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $233K | 100¢ | 0% | 1.5 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | — | 100¢ | — | 1.5 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $224K | 100¢ | — | 1.2 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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
5 directors reported · 3 of 5at arm's length
- Bueckert, GordonVice- Chairarm's length
- Loewen, JesseChairnot at arm's length
- Wiebe, Daniel ADirectorarm's length
- Loewen, BernieTreasurer/Secretarynot at arm's length
- Bergen, Michael JDirectorarm'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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