Viva Church
Charitable organization · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 894154673RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,677,826) as filed with the CRA.
Viva Church is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $226K in 2024, the largest being $155K to The Uganda Relief & Development Organization (canada) Inc. Ontario Chapter. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The church holds worship services provides ministries and teaching for adults youth and children and gives pastoral care. The church also supports various other charities and foreign missions. Runs a bible commege.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $5,291 | $226K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $10K | $102K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $952K | — | $165K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $967K | — | $94K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $933K | — | $72K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $226K to 15 qualified donees:
- The Uganda Relief & Development Organization (canada) Inc. Ontario Chapter$155K
- Life Spring Church Abbotsford$13K
- Empower Ministries$11K
- Igreja Evangelica Vida Nova$9,300
- Amazing Love Development Organization$6,880
- First Light Foundation of Hope$6,600
- Speak Life Global$5,800
- Living Hope Christian Assembly$4,700
- Partners International$3,600
- Random Access Networks Association$2,400
- Wiedrick and Associates Apostolic Ministries$2,014
- New Life Recovery Ministries$1,600
- Power to Change Ministries$1,500
- MissionPREP Inc.$1,500
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$1,500
Received $23K from 4 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$784K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Luis Gomes Da Silva Filho (president); Glenn Coker (secretary); Collin Yang (board member); Victoria Wang (board member); Robert William Leach (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Viva Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894154673RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.