New Life Chinese Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119055747RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($744,232) as filed with the CRA.
New Life Chinese Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $931K in revenue and $744K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,623.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $55K in 2024, the largest being $8,416 to Breakthrough Missions Canada.
In its own words
1. Weekly sunday services in 3 separate languages (mandarin cantonese english) children & adult sunday school 2. Fellowships & small groups programs regularly in 3 languages 3. Children programs: sunday school weekly & special programs during summer time easter & christmas 4. Church outings summer camps retreats 5. Pastoral care & counseling to members & faith seekers 6. Support other churches & organizations in similar belief 7. Regular esl classes for the community (free of charge) 8. Weekly saturday service in cantonese with children caring program 9. New comer outreach prog…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $931K | $744K | $621K | — | $55K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $476K | $300K | $4,932 | $35K | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $639K | $446K | $323K | — | $23K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $611K | $414K | $283K | — | $33K | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $648K | $441K | $344K | — | $13K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $55K to 9 qualified donees:
- Breakthrough Missions Canada$8,416
- CCM Canada Charitable Foundation$6,216
- Far East Broadcasting Associates of Canada$6,216
- Vancouver Chinese Christian Short Term Mission Training Centre Society$6,216
- Jacob's Well Ministry$6,216
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship$6,216
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$6,216
- Showers of Blessing Evangelistic Ministry$6,216
- Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations/l'associationcanadienne des Congrégations Luthériennes$3,000
Received $4,623 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$326K
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 New Life Chinese Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119055747RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.