Celebration Life Ministries
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 890575541RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($294,880) as filed with the CRA.
Celebration Life Ministries is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $308K in revenue and $295K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $4,804 to Jerry Savelle Ministries Inc. -- Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $179K in 2020 to $308K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Sunday Worship Service Sunday School for children weekly prayer meetings weekly bible studies pastoral counselling outreach events leadership development sessions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $308K | $295K | $246K | — | $18K | $0 |
| 2023 | $232K | $254K | $209K | $0 | $13K | $18K |
| 2022 | $237K | $241K | $176K | — | $34K | $39K |
| 2021 | $184K | $188K | — | — | $5,131 | -$3,661 |
| 2020 | $179K | $166K | — | — | $3,950 | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 11 qualified donees:
- Jerry Savelle Ministries Inc. -- Canada$4,804
- Kenneth Copeland Ministries Canada$3,600
- Love Family Christian Assembly$2,000
- The Maranatha Evangelistic Association$1,760
- Christ the Answer International Ministries$1,400
- Sound of the Lord Foundation$1,310
- Inspiration Ministries$1,160
- Timothy Generation Ministries$1,100
- Punjabi Masihi Church Society$500
- Ministry to Russia and Eastern Europe$240
- Southfraser Pregnancy Options Society$130
Received $21K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$108K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barry Dreger (president); Gwen Dreger (vice president); Doreen Charette (director); Shalane MacKay (director); Anne Ukkonen (director); Abigail McKeever (recording secretary); Neil McKeever (treasurer); Cory Lysiuk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Celebration Life Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890575541RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.