Bethel Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 131978355RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($404,243) as filed with the CRA.
Bethel Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $518K in revenue and $404K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,115.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $41K in 2024, the largest being $14K to Ielb - Lutheran Evang. Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $212K in 2020 to $518K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
As a regular congregation the purpose of the charity is to serve its members by providing for their spiritual needs through the preaching of the word of god administration of the sacraments of the christian church fostering christian fellowship and the biblical instruction to children youth and adults and to spread the kingdom of god and alleviate suffering and need. The charity operates a church and parish in kitchener whose programs include provision of public worship service sunday school and other religious instruction congregational activities religious ministry to its parishioners…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $518K | $404K | $335K | — | $41K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $261K | $261K | $246K | — | $7,650 | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $157K | $319K | $282K | — | $18K | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $332K | $322K | — | $13K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $212K | $250K | $218K | — | $24K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $41K to 13 qualified donees:
- Ielb - Lutheran Evang. Church$14K
- Lutheran Church-Canada$8,455
- Food4Kids Waterloo Region$4,250
- First Lutheran Christian Academy$3,000
- St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church$3,000
- Nutrition for Learning Inc.$2,500
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$2,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$2,000
- Haiti Lutheran Mission Society$500
- Ray of Hope Inc.$500
- Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (kitchener)$500
- Days for Girls Canada Society$500
- Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary-Ontario$500
Received $7,115 from 3 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$152K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Gardiner (chairman); Ian Cook (vice-chairman); Linda Brandt (recording secretary); David Hill (treasurer); Ian Cook (financial secretary); Ian Cook (trustee); Harold Von Merckel (elder); Paul Dieterle (elder); Harry Drung (elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethel Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131978355RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.