British Columbia · Registered charity
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 60 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,572,447 to it, the largest being BETHESDA CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION SOCIETY (C$555,298). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION has grown faster than half of the 83 support of religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 83 support of religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Gathering Churchlocal
- First Metropolitan United Churchportfolio match
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern Churchlocal
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 97% · 2018 97% · 2019 97% · 2020 97% · 2021 96% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (24% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose C$149k → C$356k.
From the CRA filings of BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 31% · 2019 38% · 2020 34% · 2021 62% · 2022 42% · 2023 68% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
57% of BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
67% of BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 60 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Gathering ChurchlocalBC · funds 17 organizations near you
- First Metropolitan United Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern ChurchlocalBC · funds 14 organizations near you
- King Road Mennonite Brethren ChurchlocalBC · funds 13 organizations near you
- Northview Community Churchshared funderslocalBC · backs 33 organizations that share your funders · funds 19 organizations near you
- Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren ChurchlocalBC · funds 16 organizations near you
- F & E Strumpski FoundationlocalBC · funds 10 organizations near you
- Canary FoundationlocalBC · funds 11 organizations near you
- Oak Tree FoundationlocalBC · funds 9 organizations near you
- Alderbrook Community ChurchlocalBC · funds 6 organizations near you
- Triercon FoundationlocalBC · funds 7 organizations near you
- Ross Road Community ChurchlocalBC · funds 6 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 97% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 60 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,572,447 to it, the largest being BETHESDA CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION SOCIETY (C$555,298). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 60 organizations giving C$1,572,447 in grants to BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- BETHESDA CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with C$555,298 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETHESDA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 60 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register