Lappe Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Gorham, Ontario · BN 107597452RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,008) as filed with the CRA.
Lappe Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Gorham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $116K in revenue and $74K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $8,980 in 2024, the largest being $3,275 to Aurora Lutheran Bible Camp. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provide religious leadership and instruction to members of the community. Provide regular Sunday services special services and programs for adults and children. Perform marriages and funerals provide sacraments provide marriage and grief counselling. Provide visits to shut ins and those in hospital. Provide weekly bible studies. Support Christian outreach to street ministry and troubled youth. Support summer camp for children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $116K | $74K | $62K | — | $8,980 | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $115K | $113K | $100K | — | $9,455 | $589K |
| 2022 | $119K | $110K | $87K | — | $12K | $587K |
| 2021 | $106K | $81K | $63K | — | $8,340 | $579K |
| 2020 | $99K | $83K | $71K | — | $8,791 | $553K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8,980 to 5 qualified donees:
- Aurora Lutheran Bible Camp$3,275
- Lutheran Community CARE Centre of Thunder Bay$3,025
- Lutheran Church Canada$2,500
- Lutheran Women's Missionary League - Canada Inc.$130
- Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,752
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Steinhoff (chairman); Arno Kalbus (elder); Neil Otke (pastor); Matt Arnam (elder); Charles Johnson (treasurer); Robin Frank (financial secretary); Eric Kahkonen (trustee); Kay Brayshaw (council secretary); Diana Pallen (vice chairman); Sharon Kentner (trustee); Kari Otke (trustee); Judy Salo (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lappe Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107597452RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.