Burnaby Chinese Evangelical Free Church
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 138158761RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($328,698) as filed with the CRA.
Burnaby Chinese Evangelical Free Church is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $464K in revenue and $329K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $8,400 to The Evangelical Free Church of Canada.
In its own words
We hold sunday worship services weekly. We run fellowship meetings bible studies and religious education programs for different age groups. We conduct prayer meetings in church and in church members’ families. We run youth programs vacation bible school in summer time and chinese language classes. We run short-term mission trips to bc interior cities. We hold evangelistic meetings and gospel events. We do outreach in burnaby and nearby areas.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $464K | $329K | $245K | — | $20K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $396K | $281K | — | — | $19K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $359K | $338K | $270K | — | $17K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $325K | $313K | $254K | — | $15K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $344K | $294K | $235K | — | $14K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 10 qualified donees:
- The Evangelical Free Church of Canada$8,400
- Chinese Christian Mission of Canada$2,100
- K-PACT Canada Mission Association$2,000
- Canadian Chinese School of Theology Vancouver$1,600
- Far East Broadcasting Associates of Canada$1,600
- Associated Canadian Theological Schools Society$1,100
- Vancouver Chinese Christian Short Term Mission Training Centre Society$1,100
- CCI Christian Communication Inc. of Canada$1,100
- The Media Evangelism Association$350
- Chinese Christian Herald Crusades (canada) Herald Monthly$350
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$190K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burnaby Chinese Evangelical Free Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138158761RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.