First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Calgary Alberta
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118918242RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($498,177) as filed with the CRA.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Calgary Alberta is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $434K in revenue and $498K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $8,300 in 2024, the largest being $8,300 to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
A community church serving god through christian-centred learning including the following programs: weekly worship sunday school bible studies and prayer ministries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $434K | $498K | $480K | — | $8,300 | $925K |
| 2023 | $423K | $445K | $432K | — | $5,460 | $990K |
| 2022 | $349K | $393K | $381K | — | $4,141 | $1M |
| 2021 | $316K | $335K | $324K | — | $2,300 | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $347K | $422K | $404K | — | $7,430 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8,300 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $63K 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$202K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leah Craig (council member); Janet Crawford (director); Brent Latimer (chair); Kevin Nielsen (treasurer); Miller Robert (council member); Marty Wittstrom (council member); Kerri Campbell (secretary); Leane Haddaoui (council member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Calgary Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118918242RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.