Grace Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 129854949RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($202,379) as filed with the CRA.
Grace Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $194K in revenue and $202K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,400.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% 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 $1,100 in 2024, the largest being $1,100 to Lutheran Church-Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We offer public service for worship and prayer. We provide services for baptisms weddings funerals as well as counselling for these times. We provide bible classes for all ages. We provide ministries for men women youth and children weekly and monthly. Funding of other charities.: we donate funds to denominational headquarters for specials missions. We are involved in mission programs both local. And world wide.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $194K | $202K | $198K | — | $1,100 | $978K |
| 2023 | $180K | $198K | $195K | — | — | $979K |
| 2022 | $178K | $172K | $168K | — | $2,489 | $984K |
| 2021 | $182K | $174K | $170K | — | $4,138 | $1M |
| 2020 | $165K | $166K | — | — | $15K | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,100 to 1 qualified donee:
- Lutheran Church-Canada$1,100
Received $6,400 from 4 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$141K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Wasmund (executive director); Stephen Barath (treasurer); Sandra Weber (financial secretary); Paul Gyger (dir. board of elders & childr); Daniel Smilek (dir. board of elders& childr); Daniel Jasztrab (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grace Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129854949RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.