Vancouver Chinese Zion Church
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 888161833RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($171,738) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Chinese Zion Church is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $214K in revenue and $172K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $5,894 to NightShift Street Ministries.
In its own words
Weekly Sunday services and Sunday school are held at church building from 9:30 to 12:00. The Sunday services are linked to livestream(YouTube) for the convenience of those congregations that cannot attend church. Weekly Tuesday bible study are held at church building. Weekly Wednesday prayer meetings and Thursday bible study are held online. We Held two special meetings this year speakers were from USA.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $214K | $172K | $142K | — | $11K | $1M |
| 2023 | $174K | $155K | $125K | — | $10K | $984K |
| 2022 | $175K | $162K | — | — | $4,420 | $964K |
| 2021 | $179K | $155K | — | — | $1,050 | $952K |
| 2020 | $145K | $131K | $110K | — | $1,200 | $929K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 4 qualified donees:
- NightShift Street Ministries$5,894
- Surrey Food Bank$3,380
- CCM Canada$1,000
- Vancouver Chinese Christian Short-Term Mission Training Cent$1,000
Received $50K from 1 charity:
- WCPD Foundation$50K
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Chinese Zion Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888161833RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.