WESTLYNN BAPTIST CHURCH
Charitable organizationChristianity·1341 EAST 27 ST. · NORTH VANCOUVER, BC · V7J 1S6·BN 119294411RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
We hold worship services weekly and livestream them for those who cannot attend in person. One service is in English with live Russian and Farsi translation. One service is in Russian. We hold a monthly worship service in Farsi. We conduct a monthly worship service in a local long-term care home. We offer weekly Bible studies (in English Russian and Farsi) for adults and Bible-teaching programs for youth and children. We offer pastoral care including weddings and funerals. We offer social events for church members guests and visitors e.g. monthly lunches. We operate a 5-day summer day camp… Show more
We hold worship services weekly and livestream them for those who cannot attend in person. One service is in English with live Russian and Farsi translation. One service is in Russian. We hold a monthly worship service in Farsi. We conduct a monthly worship service in a local long-term care home. We offer weekly Bible studies (in English Russian and Farsi) for adults and Bible-teaching programs for youth and children. We offer pastoral care including weddings and funerals. We offer social events for church members guests and visitors e.g. monthly lunches. We operate a 5-day summer day camp for the community with sports and Bible lessons for children. We offer a weekly conversational English club for adults and a chess club for children and teens. We provide space for other groups to rent on occasion. We welcome and assist refugees as we are able. We financially support national and international missionary activities and disaster relief by gifting funds to our regional and national denomination. Both are registered charities.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)91¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 91¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)9%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.8 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$438K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)82%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $366K | 100¢ | 0% | 2.4 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $364K | 100¢ | 0% | 2.2 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $369K | 100¢ | — | 2.9 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $320K | 90¢ | 10% | 1.6 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $472K | — | — | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $438K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.8 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
6 directors reported · 6 of 6at arm's length
- Buntain, Hamish MDirectorarm's length
- Chua, Samuel DDirectorarm's length
- Parsons, Michael ADirectorarm's length
- Vergeychik, Alexander VDirector/Treasurerarm's length
- Gileff, DavidDirectorarm's length
- Zhao, Liang YuanDirector - Church Clerkarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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