Lifetree Ministry
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 887496412RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($471,299) as filed with the CRA.
Lifetree Ministry is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $460K in revenue and $471K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Children Arise Ministries. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To teach people to recognize god's presence in their lives which will lead them into worship of jesus christ.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $460K | $471K | $400K | — | $20K | $1M |
| 2023 | $462K | $414K | — | — | $30K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $458K | $454K | — | — | $27K | $1M |
| 2021 | $448K | $478K | — | — | $47K | $994K |
| 2020 | $442K | $450K | — | — | $38K | $692K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $40K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$266K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Caleb Friesen (president); Sonya Jones (director); Jason Goertzen (director); Telsey Friesen (director); Bruce Jones (treasurer); Christine Goertzen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lifetree Ministry’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887496412RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.