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
Cents to cause T1
91¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
9%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$438K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Westlynn Baptist Church?
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Is Westlynn Baptist Church a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 119294411RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Westlynn Baptist Church located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 1341 EAST 27 ST., NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, V7J 1S6. Source.
What does Westlynn Baptist Church do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of Westlynn Baptist Church's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 91¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Westlynn Baptist Church?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $438K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
91¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 91¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 91¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
0.8 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
82%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
18%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
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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 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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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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