Nelson Avenue Community Church
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 118857150RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,039,752) as filed with the CRA.
Nelson Avenue Community 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,618.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $3,932 to World Renew. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Place of worship & prayer for members & visitors donated monies to christian reformed church classis bc northwest to distribute to various other ministries daycare services operated by the church other various programs; senior youth ministry esl classes church education programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1M | $178K | — | $31K | $2M |
| 2023 | $926K | $907K | $139K | — | $35K | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $884K | $926K | $142K | — | $32K | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $901K | $908K | $151K | $101K | $17K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $953K | $900K | $161K | $66K | $25K | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- World Renew$3,932
- World Renew$3,163
- Sim Canada$2,988
- Adventive Cross Cultural Initiatives$2,956
- The Great Commission Foundation$2,067
- The Society to End Homelessness in Burnaby$1,426
- Centrepointe Christian Reformed Church Of Edmonton$1,168
- Hope and Healing International$1,165
- ReFrame Ministries$1,034
- Journey Home Community Association$826
- CRCNA Classis Ministry Association of South-East British Columbia$766
- The Christian Reformed Church in North America$739
- L'Arche Greater Vancouver$642
- Ratanak International$568
- Open Doors Canada$535
- Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver$522
- Union Gospel Mission$517
- A Rocha Canada$489
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$422
- Jews for Jesus/juifs pour Jesus$408
- Paoc Mission Link$405
- House of Omeed$405
- Bethesda Christian Association$399
- World Renew$398
- FH Canada$396
Received $4,618 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$756K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Schaap (elder); Elsie Takasaki (deacon).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nelson Avenue Community Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118857150RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.