The Church in Vancouver
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108077256RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,395,979) as filed with the CRA.
The Church in Vancouver 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 $2.1M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $224K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $20K to The Church (of the Saints) in Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The church in vancouver maintains and conducts a church to carry on teachings of the blue. Furthermore the society promotes christian knowledge. The church in vancouver also provides funding to qualified donees to support similar programs provided by those registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.4M | $409K | — | $57K | $23.9M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $318K | — | $15K | $22.9M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $725K | $277K | — | $24K | $22.6M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $601K | $601K | — | — | $20.1M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $511K | $511K | — | — | $18.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $35K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $224K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$318K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert LIM (director); Eric Ching (interim director); James Lau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Church in Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108077256RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.