Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 119047819RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($442,607) as filed with the CRA.
Mount Olive Lutheran Church 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 $404K in revenue and $443K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 13% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $9,110.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% 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 10 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $19K to BC Synod.
In its own words
Mount Olive Lutheran Church holds weekly worship services. We provide ministries and programs for women men seniors and youth. We provide religious education for youth and adults. We provide pastoral care. We provide social services for the poor and needy in our community. We support and donate funds to the Synod provincial and national activities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. We support the provision of a cold weather shelter in conjunction with Options Community Services Society a registered charity #811786227RR0001.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $404K | $443K | $350K | — | $30K | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $332K | $336K | $253K | — | $40K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $338K | $293K | $212K | — | $45K | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $310K | $298K | $209K | — | $43K | $0 |
| 2020 | $318K | $297K | $202K | — | $32K | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 10 qualified donees:
- BC Synod$19K
- Sums Place Society$5,845
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$2,820
- Covenant House Vancouver$1,000
- Lutheran Theological Seminary$500
- Community First Foundation$500
- Ratanak International$500
- Sources Community Resources Society$170
- Coldest Night of Year$100
- Peace Arch Hospice Society—
Received $9,110 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,110
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$201K
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 Mount Olive Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119047819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.