Northwood United Church
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 118919836RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($666,014) as filed with the CRA.
Northwood United 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 $395K in revenue and $666K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $8,469.
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 fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $11K to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
1) Spiritual Development 2) Bible Study 3) Children's Church Youth Study and Fellowship 5) Public workshops 6) Pastoral Care 7) Senior Choir 8) Senior's ministry 9) Hospital visitation 10) Thrift shop 11) Stewardship education 12) Food distribution programs 13)Shoebox ministry 14) Layette distribution 15) Healing touch 16) Men's fellowship 17) prayer shawl ministry 18) Women's study and fellowship groups 19) Spiritual practices alternatives (book study meditation and yoga) 20) Grief support group 21) Jazz Vespers 22) Professional Development day program 23) Refugee spons…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $395K | $666K | $593K | $21K | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $379K | $334K | $168K | $5,755 | — | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $302K | $351K | $338K | — | $13K | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $348K | $286K | $275K | — | $10K | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $316K | $295K | $288K | — | $6,898 | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 1 qualified donee:
- The United Church of Canada$11K
Received $8,469 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,469
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$209K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Scott Turnbrook (minister/ board member); Daniel Hearty (trustee/ board member); Gwendolin Serguis (trustee); Diane Onno (trustee); Deborah Richards (trustee); Doug Tingley (board chair); Rod Carter (board member); Ian McLeod (trustee/ board member); April Watson (board member/ treasurer); Brenda Louise Persiani (board member); Terry James Hill (board member); Kay Park (pmr rep/ board member); Betty Nobel (board member/secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northwood United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118919836RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.