First Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118918341RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($157,963) as filed with the CRA.
First Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $173K in revenue and $158K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 12% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,500 in 2024, the largest being $3,500 to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Church services to fulfill the purpose and education of members. Supporting campus ministry at ryerson university weekly online services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $173K | $158K | $120K | — | $3,500 | $359K |
| 2023 | $213K | $170K | $113K | — | $3,940 | $344K |
| 2022 | $144K | $184K | $166K | — | $3,025 | $301K |
| 2021 | $103K | $114K | $106K | — | $3,100 | $341K |
| 2020 | $145K | $139K | $115K | — | $3,200 | $353K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $12K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$53K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Chu (treasurer); Christopher Zeichman (vice chairperson); Allan Masawe (coucil member); Cathie Ferguson (coucil member); Yiliang LI (coucil member); Veronika Reichert (secretary); Rubia Denise Ruppenthal (coucil member); Roy Wick (coucil member); Masha Koyama (chairperson).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118918341RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.