Westcoast Baptist Association
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 824289029RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,536,493) as filed with the CRA.
Westcoast Baptist Association is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $462K in 2024, the largest being $167K to Canvas Church. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We encourage and assist in church planting in metro vancouver island and the fraser valley by providing support function through a church ministry catalyst and administrative financial hub. We encourage cooperation between our member churches by holding regular prayer meetings annual picnic and two association wide gatherings a year. Our churches and church plants conduct worship services prayer meetings christian education and outreach evangelism to spread the gospel of jesus. We support student work at the various universities and colleges in the areas.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $1.9M | — | $462K | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | $309K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.8M | $2.1M | — | $509K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $1.8M | — | $409K | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.7M | $1.7M | — | $882K | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $462K to 20 qualified donees:
- Canvas Church$167K
- Origin Church$92K
- Canadian National Baptist Convention$70K
- The Follow Church$32K
- Cornerstone Romanian Canadian Baptist Church$25K
- The Towers Baptist Church$24K
- Aberdeen Baptist Church$24K
- Extreme Response Canada$5,049
- Hungry for Life International$5,000
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$4,800
- House of Omeed$2,364
- Cityreach CARE Society$2,364
- A Rocha Canada$2,364
- The Friends of Natives in Canada Society$1,200
- The Great Commission Foundation$1,200
- Surrey Chinese Baptist Church$840
- Southern Baptist Korean Association$800
- The Good Shepherd Christian Reformed Church Society$500
- PK Ministry$400
- Korean Baptist Church of Vancouver$200
Received $1.8M from 28 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$506K
- Canadahelps Canadon$506K
- Canadian National Baptist Convention$330K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$326K
- Canadian National Baptist Convention Foundation (2009)$31K
- Abundance Canada$24K
- The Towers Baptist Church$20K
- Vancouver Chinese Baptist Church$10K
- Coram Deo Foundation$6,000
- Surrey Chinese Baptist Church$5,760
- South Delta Baptist Church$5,500
- Warmland Community Baptist Church$4,213
- The Gateway Baptist Church of Surrey British Columbia$4,000
- The Dorean Foundation$2,815
- Mapes Baptist Church of Vanderhoof British Columbia$2,400
- Mosaic Church$2,400
- New Life Community Baptist Church$2,000
- City Gate Church$2,000
- J & G Servant Foundation$1,875
- Coquitlam Chinese Baptist Church$1,800
- Calvary Baptist Church$1,450
- NAMB Canada$1,200
- Surrey Christian Evangelical Church$1,000
- Richmond Chinese Baptist Church$1,000
- Ladysmith Fellowship Baptist Church$825
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Campbell (director/moderator); James Carnes (director); Ronald Demoss (director); McKenzie Johnson (treasurer); Shahid Kamal (director); Winnie Lai (director); Juhyun Park (director); Orlando Rodas (director); Luke Watson (director); Jessica Wu (director); Boon Siew Yap (director/clerk).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westcoast Baptist Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824289029RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.