Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute
Publicly funded institution · Camrose, Alberta · BN 106863020RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,040,975) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute is a charitable organization based in Camrose, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $176K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Canadian Centre for Christian Charities. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The canadian lutheran bible institute (clbi) is a discipleship training centre. We are biblical confessional and evengelical embracing christ's great commission. Our mission is to train equip and empower servant-leaders of all ages within the christian community. From this community leaders are sent out to serve christ and his church in their vocations throughout canada and the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1M | $1M | — | $100 | $4M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $879K | — | $100 | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $973K | $1M | $824K | — | $600 | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $977K | $955K | $772K | — | $100 | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1M | $855K | — | $50 | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $176K from 39 charities:
- Zion Lutheran Church$44K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Aqueduct Foundation$18K
- The Calgary Foundation$8,610
- King of Kings Lutheran Church (spruce View District)$7,600
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,495
- The North-American Lutheran Church$5,000
- Bawlf Lutheran Church$3,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,188
- Trinity Lutheran Church of Leader$3,000
- Sharon Evangelical Lutheran Church (donalda Ab)$2,000
- Wilhelmina Evangelical Lutheran Church$2,000
- Battle River Community Foundation$1,750
- Salem Lutheran Church$1,500
- Alberta Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada$1,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,478
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church$1,250
- Resurrection Lutheran Brethren of Camrose Alberta$1,025
- Zion Lutheran Church$1,000
- Our Savior Lutheran Church$1,000
- Trinity Lutheran Church Brooks Alberta$1,000
- ST. Albert Evangelical Lutheran Church$1,000
- Christ Lutheran Church$1,000
- Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations/l'associationcanadienne des Congrégations Luthériennes$921
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$564K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Hirch (treasurer); Edgar Roste (chair); Ken Olson (director); Dean Rostad (president); Lucretia Van Ommer (director); Alvin Sorenson (director); Brett Woodrow (director); Randy Ausmus (director); Nicholas Joyal (vice chair); Karl Johnsen (director); Katrina Neiman (secretary); Logun Moe (director); Ben Unseth (director); Monika Nelson (director); Brent Wagner (director); La Dauna Boulianne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106863020RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.