Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (oakville)
Charitable organization · Oakville, Ontario · BN 130006141RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($436,943) as filed with the CRA.
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (oakville) is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15K in revenue and $437K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $406K in 2024, the largest being $106K to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $319K in 2020 to $15K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
As a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Oakville) provides worship services according to Lutheran Church practices. The church also provides Christian education to children on a weekly basis and to adults as interest demands. The church strives to guide and facilitate its membership in the recognition and realization of its mission both as individuals and as a community. Provide meals on a quarterly basis to needy people in cooperation with Kerr Street Mission Manage community garden project with produce donated to Kerr Street Miss…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15K | $437K | — | — | $406K | — |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $6.7M | — | — | $6.5M | $422K |
| 2022 | $134K | $186K | $147K | — | $17K | $285K |
| 2021 | $154K | $219K | $169K | — | $33K | $330K |
| 2020 | $319K | $159K | $146K | — | $20K | $370K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $406K to 5 qualified donees:
- Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada$106K
- Fare Share Food Bank$100K
- Armagh$100K
- ST. Philip's Evangelical Lutheran Church$60K
- Lutheran Camp Mush-A-Mush Society$40K
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$135K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Raymond Henrickson (treasurer); Elaine Schneider (chair); Dean Oswald (secretary); Christine Keil (director); Norval Oswald (vice-chair); Rhonda Klosler (director); Tom Herauf (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (oakville)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130006141RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.