The Meeting House Church Family
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Most recent Audited financial statements available on the charity’s website.
C+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
81%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 81 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About The Meeting House Church Family:
The Meeting House is a 2-star charity It has a results reporting score of C+ which is below average. It has reserve funds of $3.2m which can cover almost seven months of program costs. For every dollar donated, 81 cents are available to go towards the cause.
Founded in 1985 as Upper Oaks Community Church, The Meeting House Church Family (MHCF) is a Christian church. MHCF is part of Be in Christ Church of Canada, a branch of the international Brethren in Christ or BIC Churches. MHCF works to follow “Jesus’ irreligious message” without the rules and rituals it attributes to organized religions. The main facility is in Oakville and there are 18 additional locations in Ontario. The charity hopes to introduce spiritually curious people to the Jesus-centered life, through a movement of Jesus-centred churches. In fiscal 2023 (year ended June), MHCF spent $4.9m on its programs, down 29% from $6.9m in F2022. The charity’s main programs are church services and grants.
Church services were 86% of program spending. Church services include Sunday morning services, the Kidmax program, Youth programs, and Home Church. The Sunday morning services are one hour long and involve Jesus-centred teaching, music, prayer, and volunteering. The Meeting House offers these services in person and streams them online. MHCF reports having an average Sunday morning attendance (both in person and online) of 1,565. 20% of these attendees are children aged 0-11 (Kidmax kids). The charity’s Kidmax Sunday morning program offers Jesus-centred teaching to children aged 0-11 and provides them with take-home materials. The Meeting House offers a similar program for youth up to grade 12 that includes an additional midweek meeting. In 2023, MHCF engaged 314 kids and youth weekly and baptized three youths. Home Churches are small groups that meet during the week to explore Sunday’s teaching, and care for their neighbourhoods together. In 2023, there were 285 Home Church attendees each week.
The remaining 14% of The Meeting House’s program spending goes towards granting. MHCF operates a compassion fund which grants money to local and global charities working for peace, dealing with poverty, and spreading Christian messages. In F2023, The Meeting House granted $799k to 24 registered Canadian charities. Its largest grants were to Jesus Collective ($259k), Be in Christ Church of Canada ($232k), and Mennonite Central Committee Ontario ($106k).
December 2021: The Meeting House founder and pastor, Bruxy Cavey, has been placed on temporary leave by the board of directors reports Yonat Shimron of Roys Report while allegations of sexual misconduct are investigated. Subsequently Bruxy Cavey has resigned from the mega-church. Christian News reports Bruxy Cavey was arrested and charged with sexual assault on additional allegations in May 2022.
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Results and Impact
Charity Intelligence found that The Meeting House Church Family reported many stories but no quantified results. This may not be a complete representation of The Meeting House’s results and impact.
This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r)
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Finances
In F2023, The Meeting House Church Family received donations of $4.3m, down 50% from $8.6m in F2022. This is the lowest level that The Meeting House’s donations have been since Charity Intelligence began its reporting in 2016. Administrative costs are 19% of revenues and fundraising costs are 0% of donations. For every dollar donated, 81 cents are available for the charity’s programs and granting. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
MCHF has $3.2m in reserve funds which can cover almost seven months of annual program and granting costs.
Profile updated on June 13, 2024 by Abby Stout
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending June
|
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 19.1% | 14.1% | 8.7% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Total overhead spending | 19.0% | 14.1% | 8.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 55.9% | 23.9% | 36.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 4,328 | 8,637 | 10,713 |
| Government funding | 9 | 15 | 13 |
| Business activities (net) | 467 | 274 | 75 |
| Investment income | 56 | 7 | 6 |
| Other income | 379 | 164 | 68 |
| Total revenues | 5,239 | 9,098 | 10,876 |
| Program costs | 4,887 | 6,930 | 6,199 |
| Grants | 799 | 1,643 | 1,421 |
| Administrative costs | 987 | 1,281 | 946 |
| Fundraising costs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other costs | 128 | 140 | 150 |
| Total spending | 6,801 | 9,994 | 8,716 |
| Cash flow from operations | (1,562) | (896) | 2,160 |
| Capital spending | 51 | 123 | 165 |
| Funding reserves | 3,179 | 2,050 | 2,780 |
Note: DEFERRED REVENUE: To report on a cash-basis Ci adjusted for deferred donations. This affected revenues by $9.3k in F2023, ($12.6k) in F2022 and ($35k) in F2021. BUSINESS ACTIVITIES: Ci presents business activities income net of expenses, affecting revenues and expenses by ($174k) in F2023, ($147k) in F2022 and ($38k) in F2021. PROPERTY FUND: Gain on disposal of property and equipment was not included in revenues, affecting revenues by ($116k) in F2023, ($40k) in F2022 and ($14k) in F2021. GRANTS: Ci removed grants from program expenses and reported them separately based on the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA. SPECIAL DONATIONS: In F2021, Ci included special one-time donations in donations, increasing revenue by $500k. PROFESSIONAL FEES: In F2023, MHCF reported professional fees. Ci removed this feee affecting total expenses by ($2k). CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS: Ci consolidated The Meeting House’s Statement of General Fund Activity, Statement of Restricted Funds Activity, and Statement of Property Fund Activity.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
7 |
$40k - $80k |
3 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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