Como Lake United Church
Charitable organization · Coquitlam, British Columbia · BN 106963895RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($247,474) as filed with the CRA.
Como Lake United Church is a charitable organization based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $263K in revenue and $247K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,839.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. 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 3 qualified donees totalling $6,805 in 2024, the largest being $5,639 to The United Church of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $147K in 2020 to $263K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Our mission and purpose remain the same. The year 2023 marked the first complete year that we have spent in our newly completed (july 2022) downsized church building now shared with a 75 unit affordable housing complex. We continued to gather as a faith community for worship discernment and planning. Various communication methods and in-person gatherings facilitated opportunities to help or pray for others provide regular worship engage in spiritual practices and education as well as reaching out to our new neighbours. We have become two communities sharing one building and building relat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $263K | $247K | $179K | $15K | $6,805 | $196K |
| 2023 | $177K | $192K | $132K | $9,563 | $6,944 | $180K |
| 2022 | $124K | $241K | $168K | $15K | $6,791 | $199K |
| 2021 | $130K | $177K | $108K | $11K | $13K | $316K |
| 2020 | $147K | $177K | $120K | $11K | $13K | $362K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,805 to 3 qualified donees:
- The United Church of Canada$5,639
- Share Family and Community Services Society$716
- First United Church$450
Received $3,839 from 1 charity:
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$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sharie Ford (chairperson); Angie Neville (co chairperson); Anne Carson (secretary); Paul Thompson (treasurer team); Wendy Pavilonis (treasurer team).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Como Lake United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106963895RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.