Sure Word Ministries
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 821343183RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($40,022) as filed with the CRA.
Sure Word Ministries is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $32K in revenue and $40K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 68 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $69K in 2021 to $32K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Apart from reaching out to the community with the Gospel Sure Word Ministries makes occasional financial donations to other organizations that are carrying out activities that cater to the welfare of the poor the needy and the vulnerable members of the community. Ongoing free monthly breakfast meetings held every last Saturday of each month during which the Bible is taught extensively. Ongoing weekly fellowship held every Tuesday evening where we prayed for the nation family and the community at large Provided welfare assistance to members of the community who were faced with challeng…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32K | $40K | $14K | — | — | $39K |
| 2023 | $82K | $80K | $61K | — | — | $44K |
| 2022 | $85K | $70K | $55K | — | — | $42K |
| 2021 | $69K | $79K | $67K | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$19K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abiodun Olusoji (board member); Rotimi Owobowale (president); Naomi Owobowale (vice president); Adebola Ige (board member); Jaffia Brown (finance officer); Michele Scott.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sure Word Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821343183RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.