Lutheran Church-Canada
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 133275479RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,358,323) as filed with the CRA.
Lutheran Church-Canada is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $4.5M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 76% from other charities. In 2024, 101 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.8M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 89 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $148K to Concordia Lutheran Seminary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1. Religious advancement 2. Financial support for ministry to minorities in canada 3. Financial support for ministry work outside of canada 4. Financial support for education in theology through grants to lutheran seminaries in canada 5. Communication services to lutherans and others through periodic publications of canadian lutheran.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3M | — | $1M | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $5M | $5.1M | $3.5M | — | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.6M | $2M | — | $1.2M | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $3.7M | $1.7M | — | $1.4M | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $4.1M | $2.6M | — | $1.1M | $678K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 89 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Concordia Lutheran Seminary$148K
- Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary-Ontario$144K
- Lutheran Church - Canada Financial Ministries$80K
- Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church$73K
- Redeemer Lutheran Church$60K
- Redeemer Lutheran Church of Kitimat$30K
- Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church$30K
- Trinity Lutheran Church of the Deaf Vancouver B.C.$25K
- Resurrection Lutheran Church$25K
- Christ Lutheran Church$24K
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church of Surrey B.C.$24K
- B.C. Mission Boat Society$24K
- First Lutheran Church$23K
- Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church$22K
- Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd$21K
- Lutheran Community CARE Centre of Thunder Bay$20K
- Trinity Lutheran Church - Richmond$19K
- Living Water Chinese Christian Church$15K
- Concordia Lutheran Church of Penticton B C$15K
- Redeemer Lutheran Church$15K
- Saint Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church - Atlantic Canada$14K
- Korean Lutheran Church$14K
- Riverbend Lutheran Church$14K
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church$12K
- Redeemer Lutheran Church$10K
Received $2.8M from 101 charities:
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church$526K
- Lutheran Church - Canada Financial Ministries$393K
- Concordia Lutheran Mission Society Inc.$222K
- Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kitchener$159K
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$100K
- Culleen and Donald Kurt Foundation$75K
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church$64K
- First ST John's Lutheran Church$63K
- Saint James Lutheran Church$60K
- Lutheran Laymen's League of Canada$50K
- Peace Lutheran Church Taber Alberta$50K
- Foothills Lutheran Church of Calgary$49K
- Grace Lutheran Church$47K
- Mount Calvary Lutheran Church of Red Deer Alberta$41K
- Faith Lutheran Church (kitchener)$33K
- Grace Lutheran Church$31K
- Immanuel Lutheran Church$30K
- Riverbend Lutheran Church$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Trinity Lutheran Church - Richmond$29K
- Walnut Grove Lutheran Church of Langley B C$28K
- ST Peter's Lutheran Church$28K
- St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church of Stony Plain Alberta$26K
- Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd$25K
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
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arnold Drung (board member); Thomas Krusel (board member); Grace Henderson (board member); Doug Peterson (board member); Timothy Teuscher (president); Kristen Guggenmos (board member); Micheal Schutz (vice president); Lois Griffin (board member); Theodore Giese (board member); Mark Hennig (board member); Amanda Hastings (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lutheran Church-Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133275479RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.