Concordia Lutheran Mission Society Inc.
Charitable organization · Water Valley, Alberta · BN 897594826RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($242,609) as filed with the CRA.
Concordia Lutheran Mission Society Inc. is a charitable organization based in Water Valley, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $212K in revenue and $243K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $125K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $222K in 2024, the largest being $222K to Lutheran Church-Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $135K in 2020 to $212K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Raise funds for overseas mission projects of lutheran church - canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $212K | $243K | $18K | $2,049 | $222K | $181K |
| 2023 | $386K | $373K | $160K | $1,957 | $196K | $212K |
| 2022 | $354K | $288K | — | $1,280 | $273K | $199K |
| 2021 | $327K | $134K | — | $1,656 | $124K | $251K |
| 2020 | $135K | $183K | — | $1,615 | $174K | $113K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $222K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $125K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Moose Jaw$3,180
- Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church$2,000
- Immanuel Lutheran Church$1,200
- White Rock Lutheran Church$1,000
- Our Saviour Lutheran Church Parksville$1,000
- Redeemer Lutheran Church of High Prairie Alberta$900
- Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church-Salmon Arm$800
- ST. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pembroke Ontario$680
- Immanuel Lutheran Church$500
- Foothills Lutheran Church of Calgary$455
- Redeemer Lutheran Church of Edmonton Alberta$350
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$100
- Resurrection Lutheran Church$75
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Lobitz (president); Roland Syens (director); Anita Pohl-Dagge (director); Marilyn Witte (director); Joyce Lobitz (vice president); Barbara Haberstock (director/secretary); James Wood (director); John Bartlett (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Concordia Lutheran Mission Society Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897594826RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.