Hope Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 107490161RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($211,467) as filed with the CRA.
Hope 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 $191K in revenue and $211K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,248.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $3,500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Children of Hope and Promise Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Worship services Christian education provide ministries for women men youth children financial support to other qualified donees and grants to non-qualified donees spreading the Christian gospel.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $191K | $211K | $192K | $25 | $3,622 | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $260K | $240K | $220K | $246 | $3,913 | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $181K | $204K | $186K | — | $3,681 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $192K | $183K | $166K | — | $4,527 | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $169K | $169K | $152K | — | $6,000 | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,500 to 7 qualified donees:
- Children of Hope and Promise Canada$500
- Ray of Hope Inc.$500
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$500
- B.C. Mission Boat Society$500
- Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$500
- L.a.m.p.- Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots Inc./l.a.m.p.- l'Association Lutherienne des Missionnaires et Aviateurs Inc.$500
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$500
Received $4,248 from 2 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,248
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$30K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kornelia Pixner (treasurer); Daniel Huras (financial secretary); Peter Sieunarine (elder); Dyal Persaud (trustee); Lynda Michener (trustee); Steven Fister (trustee); Sylvia Vladars-Scott (recording secretary); Lynda Buch (elder); Mark Koenig (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hope Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107490161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.