Berea by the Water Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Goderich, Ontario · BN 118803519RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($54,578) as filed with the CRA.
Berea by the Water Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Goderich, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $46K in revenue and $55K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $300 in 2024, the largest being $150 to Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Berea by the water lutheran church operates an organized church for the purpose of spreading the gospel amoung people. The church has weekly worship services and bible study for adults and sunday school for children. The church hosts and annual vacation bible school in july for all children of the community and area to attend.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $46K | $55K | — | — | $300 | $290K |
| 2023 | $58K | $52K | $17K | — | $200 | $297K |
| 2022 | $57K | $51K | $15K | — | $200 | $292K |
| 2021 | $52K | $49K | $17K | — | $100 | $286K |
| 2020 | $46K | $47K | — | $454 | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $300 to 2 qualified donees:
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul$150
- Huron-Perth Children's Aid Society$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$20K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Schilbe (chairman); Kevin Ball (elder); Heather Ball (recording secretary); Donna Murray (trustee); Sherrie Edwards (treasurer); Charles Becker (elder); Kevin Ball (financial secretary); Brian Hamp (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Berea by the Water Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118803519RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.