Ukrainian Orthodox Church of ST. Mary Surrey
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 108148263RR0090 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($203,814) as filed with the CRA.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of ST. Mary Surrey is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $182K in revenue and $204K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7,035.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. 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 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $400 in 2024, the largest being $200 to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $74K in 2020 to $182K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We provide religious spiritual and moral support to our parishioners. We hold church services sundays and on all religious holy days. We have baptisms marriages funerals memorial services; religious education and sunday school as required. We visit our ill shut-in or hospitalized church-goers. We have fellowship luncheons following sunday church services; choir practices; ukrainian dance classes. We provide leadership and support of a youth group for activities outings and religious education. We are open for tours for schools groups and individuals for educational purposes. We have…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $182K | $204K | $79K | $6,545 | $400 | $8.2M |
| 2023 | $112K | $132K | $103K | $1,099 | — | $8.2M |
| 2022 | $94K | $154K | $54K | $931 | $3,432 | $7.7M |
| 2021 | $111K | $74K | $44K | $8,256 | — | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $74K | $103K | $65K | $13K | — | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $400 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $7,035 from 1 charity:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$55K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mykhaylo Pozdyk (parish priest); Lilia Johnson (parish president); Volodymr Yashchuk (vice-president); Monica Semeniuk (secretary); Mykola Misiak (treasurer); Olena Goncharenko (assistant treasurer); Gerry Dwernichuk (financial reviewer & tru); Christine Meroniuk (financial reviewer & tru); Yuri Goncharenko (trustee); Ihor Shyrov (property manager); Lyudmyla Shokalyuk (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ukrainian Orthodox Church of ST. Mary Surrey’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108148263RR0090), or read how we compute the receipt.