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SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA

SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA (British Columbia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$133,716 to it, the largest being THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA FOUNDATION / FONDATION DE L'ÉGLISE UNIE DU CANADA (C$75,878). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$130k
Revenue FY2024
6
Funders on record
C$134k
Grants received
—
Net assets
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%

Against its field

SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−28% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,997 christianity nonprofits $100k–$1M, 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.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$146k) Expenses 100 (C$159k) Net assets 100 (C$80k)2018 Revenue 97 (C$141k) Expenses 95 (C$151k)2019 Revenue 110 (C$161k) Expenses 115 (C$183k) Net assets 85 (C$67k)2020 Revenue 103 (C$151k) Expenses 87 (C$138k)2021 Revenue 240 (C$351k) Expenses 142 (C$227k) Net assets 275 (C$219k)2022 Revenue 79 (C$116k) Expenses 83 (C$132k)2023 Revenue 102 (C$149k) Expenses 102 (C$162k)2024 Revenue 88 (C$130k) Expenses 104 (C$166k)
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Revenue (88)Expenses (104)Net assets (275)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2020 29% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

75% of SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,287 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−C$13k
’17
−C$10k
’18
−C$21k
’19
C$12k
’20
C$124k
’21
−C$16k
’22
−C$12k
’23
−C$36k
’24
18
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose C$5k → C$14k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$2k
funders
2
2
3
4
2
3
2
3

From the CRA filings of SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA.

57%
largest funder
90%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 52% · 2020 78% · 2021 79% · 2022 57% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.

“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.

Where its funders are

SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside British Columbia, across 2 regions in all.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
British Columbia out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$2k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

03Its place in the field

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 6 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

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 SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2021C$15k
17
20
21
  • 4% of FY2021 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA

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

Victoria Presbytery United Church of Canada73%Trinity United Church Pastoral Charge73%Saltspring Island Baptist Church72%St. Andrew's United/St. Mary's Anglican (Sm)Pastoral Charge69%Salt Spring Pentecostal Assembly69%St. John's Sunshine Coast United Church68%Denman Island United Church68%Smithers Pastoral Charge68%

Nationally

Coldsprings United Church Pastoral Charge78%St Joseph Island United Church Pastoral Charge78%St.Paul's United Church Pastoral Charge77%Salmon Cove Pastoral Charge United Church of Canada75%Burdett Bow Island Pastoral Charge74%Victoria Presbytery United Church of Canada73%Trinity United Church Pastoral Charge73%St George's Pastoral Charge73%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 38%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA?
SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA (British Columbia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$133,716 to it, the largest being THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA FOUNDATION / FONDATION DE L'ÉGLISE UNIE DU CANADA (C$75,878). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$133,716 in grants to SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA?
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA FOUNDATION / FONDATION DE L'ÉGLISE UNIE DU CANADA is the largest funder on record, with C$75,878 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SALT SPRING ISLAND PASTORAL CHARGE- -THE UNITED CHURCH OF CA 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 6 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