German Evangelical Martin Luther Church of Ottawa Inc.
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 853211167RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($200,391) as filed with the CRA.
German Evangelical Martin Luther Church of Ottawa Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $178K in revenue and $200K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $6,000 in 2024, the largest being $6,000 to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provision of religious services and pastoral care in the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $178K | $200K | $158K | — | $6,000 | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $195K | $194K | $180K | — | $3,000 | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $177K | $187K | $177K | $367 | $5,000 | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $160K | $181K | — | — | $7,000 | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $169K | $209K | $181K | — | $8,490 | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $18K 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$61K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Konrad von Finckenstein (chair); Christina Wendorff (director); Heidi Rausch (co-chair); Sheri Pendlebury (director); Ute Davis (director); Alfred Popp (director); Marion Fraser (treasurer); Heather Ladouceur (director); Barbara Zabel (director); Frank Gruska (director); Carmen Gruska (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from German Evangelical Martin Luther Church of Ottawa Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853211167RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.