Church of ST Mark - Lutheran
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 137723730RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($458,474) as filed with the CRA.
Church of ST Mark - Lutheran is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $465K in revenue and $458K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $25K in 2024, the largest being $13K to English District LCMS. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $256K in 2020 to $465K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The church is a congregation to worship and serve god as christians and to expand the kingdom of god through preaching the word of god administration of the sacraments religious instructions according to the confessional of the lutheran church. Activities: weekly services sunday school vacation bible school youth group religious instructions of youth and adults missionary work with outreach evangelism assistance to the needy in the community hospital and home visitation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $465K | $458K | $365K | — | $25K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $479K | $403K | $346K | — | $19K | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $420K | $404K | $373K | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $407K | $386K | $332K | — | $26K | $2M |
| 2020 | $256K | $325K | $303K | — | $22K | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $25K to 6 qualified donees:
- English District LCMS$13K
- Oms International - Canada$6,922
- The Mississauga Ecumenical Centre Inc$2,000
- JFJ Hope Centre$1,350
- The Olive Branch for Children$1,100
- World Vision Canada$600
Received $16K from 5 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$214K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Valerie Geldart (chair); Kenneth Freeman (vice chair); Milton Harmelink (secretary); Barbara Goldring (christian education); Robert Honeyford (trustee); Brown Sandra (outreach); Hedy Bauer (treasurer); Judanna Perriel (elder); Lauren Russell (christian welfare); Petal MacKonka (planning & stewardship).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Church of ST Mark - Lutheran’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137723730RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.