Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108061466RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,707,239) as filed with the CRA.
Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster 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 $12.3M in revenue and $6.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 43 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $940K.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 52 qualified donees totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $600K to General Synod Anglican Church. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 28 names.
In its own words
The Diocese of New Westminster provides oversight and administrative support ministry development and support to 66 active Parishes across the South West part of the province of BC from the sunshine coast to the west to Hope BC and 3 worshiping communities on the ancestral lands of the coast Salish first nations. Our ministries include : compassionate service-locally regionally nationally and internationally; indigenous ministry and reconcilliation; Christian formation and education; community development and learning; parish development school; aid to parishes and clergy; children and yo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.3M | $6.7M | $3.9M | — | $1.8M | $60.2M |
| 2023 | $9M | $6.2M | $3.9M | — | $1.7M | $53.6M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $6.3M | $3.2M | $3,543 | $2.2M | $59.9M |
| 2021 | $9.8M | $4.9M | $2.2M | — | $1.9M | $63.9M |
| 2020 | $11.1M | $5.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $59.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 52 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- General Synod Anglican Church$600K
- The 127 Society for Housing$100K
- The Synod of the Diocese of Calgary$75K
- Vancouver School of Theology$71K
- Parish of ST. Augustine$70K
- The Parish of ST. Philip's Vancouver$51K
- Parish of ST. Christopher$49K
- The Anglican Provincial Synod of British Columbia$48K
- The Parish of All Saints Ladner$43K
- Parish of ST Laurence$40K
- Parish of ST. John the Baptist Sardis$40K
- Parish of ST-Francis-In-The-Wood$40K
- Parish of ST David$38K
- Nec Native Education College$38K
- The Parish of ST. Catherine's (capilano)$36K
- The Parish of ST. Catherine's (capilano)$33K
- Anglican Parish of ST George$33K
- Parish of ST. Faith$32K
- Alongside Hope Auprès de l'espoir$30K
- Parish of ST. Mark-Ocean Park$29K
- The Parish of ST Stephen's Anglican Church$21K
- The Parish of ST Stephen's Anglican Church$20K
- Sechelt Parish of the Anglican Church$20K
- The Parish of ST Alban-ST Dunstan$18K
- The Anglican Parish of the Church of the Epiphany Surrey$17K
Received $940K from 43 charities:
- Christ Church Parish Vancouver B.C.$187K
- Vancouver Foundation$70K
- The Parish of ST. Catherine's (capilano)$54K
- Parish of ST. Faith$51K
- The Parish of ST. Anne's-Steveston$40K
- Holy Trinity Parish of New Westminster B.C.$35K
- The Parish of ST John the Evangelist North Vancouver$34K
- Parish of ST. Agnes$34K
- Parish of St. Helen West Point Grey$33K
- The Parish of ST Stephen's Anglican Church$33K
- The Parish of All Saints Ladner$33K
- Anglican Parish of ST George$26K
- The Parish of St. Clement North Vancouver$26K
- Parish of ST David$25K
- The Anglican Parish of the Church of the Epiphany Surrey$25K
- Parish of ST Anselm$24K
- All Saints' Anglican Church$22K
- Parish of ST Alban's ( Richmond )$22K
- Parish of ST. Augustine$21K
- Parish of ST Mary the Virgin$19K
- Parish of ST. Thomas' Chilliwack$19K
- ST. Matthew's Anglican Church$14K
- The Parish of ST David and ST Paul$13K
- The Parish of ST. Mathias Oakridge$12K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Stephens (bishop); George Cadman; Jennifer Dezell (legal assessor); Nicholas Pang (executive archdeacon); Tellison Glover (director of mission & ministry); Robert Hardy (treasurer); Jane Hope (lay representative); Richard Leggett (archdeaconry representative); Jonathan Lloyd (archdeaconry representative); Donald Paul (registrar); Robin Ruder-Celiz (archdeaconry representative); Kevin Smith (vice-chancellor); Shailene Caparas (director of finance); Andrew Halladay (chair-mission & ministry dev); Amanda Ruston (archdeaconry representative); Teofilo Bosaing (lay representative); Meg Stevens (lay representative); Basvi Simbarashe (archdeaconry representative); Frances Fagan (lay representative); James Hwang (archdeaconry representative); Donald Thomson (lay representative); Laurel Dahill (archdeaconry representative); Ann Turner (lay representative); Justin Cheng (archdeaconry representative); Deirdre Thornton (lay representative); Chris Pappas (bishop's appointed clergy); Stephen Muir (archdeacon's and dean); Stephanie Shepard (archdeacon's and dean).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108061466RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.