The British Columbia Conference Property Development Council of the United Church of Canada
Public foundation · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 824186472RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,557,973) as filed with the CRA.
The British Columbia Conference Property Development Council of the United Church of Canada is a public foundation based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $8.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from government.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7.5M in 2024, the largest being $7.5M to The United Church of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The mandate of British Columbia Conference Property Development Council of The United Church of Canada (the 'Council') is to carry on church extension work in such areas within its bounds as may be defined by the Pacific Mountain Regional Council The United Church of Canada (the 'Region') and in accordance with the regulations made or to be made by the Region. The mandates of the Council are to locate erect and purchase hold sell or develop land and buildings to carry on the work of The United Church and to receive contributions and grants and to apply these as the Council sees fit.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $8.6M | $478K | — | $7.5M | $43.8M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.8M | $548K | — | $2M | $43.7M |
| 2022 | $214K | $281K | $137K | — | $107K | $24.6M |
| 2021 | $86K | $271K | $237K | — | — | $42.9M |
| 2020 | -$2.6M | $547K | $305K | — | $202K | $38.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.5M to 1 qualified donee:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$289K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Treena Duncan; Laura Hermakin; Deborah Richards; Bob Fillier; Simone LeSieur; Hati Mvundura.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The British Columbia Conference Property Development Council of the United Church of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824186472RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.