Concordia Lutheran Seminary
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 106966575RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,268,527) as filed with the CRA.
Concordia Lutheran Seminary is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 50 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $624K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Concordia lutheran seminary is an institution of theological higher education dedicated primarily to the preparation of students for he pastoral ministry of lutheran church-canada and beyond. Concordia lutheran seminary a seminary of lutheran church canada forms servants for jesus' sake.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $9.9M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $9.2M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $8.8M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $748K | $675K | — | — | $8.9M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.1M | $986K | — | — | $8.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $624K from 50 charities:
- Peace Lutheran Church Taber Alberta$267K
- Lutheran Church-Canada$148K
- Lutheran Church - Canada Financial Ministries$107K
- Grace Lutheran Church$27K
- King of Kings Lutheran Church (spruce View District)$18K
- Redeemer Lutheran Church of Edmonton Alberta$6,315
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,700
- ST. Paul Lutheran Church of Medicine Hat Alberta$4,500
- ST Matthews Lutheran Church$2,500
- Christ Lutheran Church of Grand Forks British Columbia Canada$2,400
- ST. Matthew Lutheran Church$2,000
- Immanuel Lutheran Church$2,000
- Battle River Lutheran Church$2,000
- Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church-Salmon Arm$1,600
- Duchess Lutheran Church$1,500
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Yorkton$1,325
- ST Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Dawson Creek British Columbia$1,260
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,230
- Foothills Lutheran Church of Calgary$1,010
- Vanderhoof Lutheran Church$1,000
- ST. Matthew Lutheran Church$1,000
- The First Lutheran Church$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$957
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church$900
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$713K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joel Heck (president); Scott Lyons (chairman); Miriam Winstanley (secretary); Tony Marchand (vice-chair); Keith Haberstock (board member); Clint Magnus (board member); James Dietrich (board member); Thomas Kruesel (board member lcc designate); Rob Mohns (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Concordia Lutheran Seminary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106966575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.