Danish Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118882133RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($449,201) as filed with the CRA.
Danish Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $285K in revenue and $449K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $174K in 2024, the largest being $70K to Faith Food Bank Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $129K in 2020 to $285K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Weekly church services; weddings; funerals; baptisms; bible study; sunday school
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $285K | $449K | $227K | $47K | $174K | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $274K | $273K | $225K | $40K | $5,000 | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $2M | $382K | $283K | $45K | $54K | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $162K | $228K | $209K | $13K | $4,500 | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $129K | $186K | $178K | $6,596 | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $174K to 9 qualified donees:
- Faith Food Bank Society$70K
- The Mustard Seed Society$70K
- Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta Society$30K
- Kootenay Lake Community Church Society$2,000
- Operation Smile Canada Foundation$500
- Canadian Unicef Committee$500
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$500
- Life in Christ$160
- Our Daily Bread Ministries$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charlotte Berg (minister); Kristina Taldorf (secretary); Jens Lehmann (treasurer); Karen Falkenbereg-Andersen (president); Kirsten Larsen (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Danish Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118882133RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.