Lawrence Park Community Church
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107604001RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,388,778) as filed with the CRA.
Lawrence Park Community Church is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $5,775 in 2024, the largest being $5,325 to Lake Scugog United Church Camp Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Lawrence Park Church is a United Church denomination church. Activities include weekly religious services Christian development pastoral care social justice programs (such as Out of the Cold dinners for the homeless refugee sponsorships and community outreach) youth and Sunday school programs and music program (choir and concerts).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $17K | $5,775 | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $15K | $13K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $8,717 | $35K | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $891K | $1.1M | $978K | $812 | $13K | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $992K | $1.3M | $1.2M | $771 | $16K | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,775 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $15K from 6 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$639K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blaine Tigert (chair trustees); John Elder (chair finance committee); Joyce Taylor (chair green committee); Leigh Carter (treasurer); Laura Lane (chair social justice); Stephen Milton (minister); Martha King (chair council); Jim Griffiths (chair stewardship committee); Martha Angus (co-chair ministry & personnel); Tim Bradshaw (co-chair ministry & personnel); Kweku Akyempon (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lawrence Park Community Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107604001RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.