Avant Life Church
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 856553185RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,073,247) as filed with the CRA.
Avant Life Church is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $168K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $4,800 to Western Ontario District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $464K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Christian worship services events and bible teaching for all age groups pastoral care and visitation community outreach benevolent aid for those in need an sharing the christian biblical message and humanitarian aid both locally and globally.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $742K | $46K | $11K | $822K |
| 2023 | $883K | $959K | $948K | — | — | $588K |
| 2022 | $783K | $777K | $767K | — | — | $657K |
| 2021 | $786K | $698K | $675K | — | — | $660K |
| 2020 | $464K | $377K | $333K | — | $20K | $377K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $168K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$461K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benjamin Narayanan (chair director); Gordon Gildemeister (director); Brent Centelon (director); Amanda Giannakos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Avant Life Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856553185RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.