Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waterloo
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 107727927RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($442,447) as filed with the CRA.
Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waterloo is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $507K in revenue and $442K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $70K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% 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 10 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $26K to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Christian church providing christian outreach to our congregation our community and our world through programs and financial contributions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $507K | $442K | $349K | — | $31K | $647K |
| 2023 | $496K | $483K | $392K | — | $29K | $579K |
| 2022 | $423K | $438K | $351K | — | $31K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $413K | $422K | $325K | — | $37K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $462K | $426K | $270K | — | $32K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 10 qualified donees:
- Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada$26K
- Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre Inc.$2,600
- Show(supportive Housing of Waterloo)$1,330
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$840
- The Canadian Council of Churches$500
- Canadian Cancer Society$100
- ST. Matthews (kitchener) Lutheran Church$100
- Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region Inc$85
- Hospice of Waterloo Region$50
- Parents for Community Living Kitchener$50
Received $70K from 8 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$142K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Von Schilling (secretary/director); Kirk Swanson (vice president/director); David Murison (director); Richard Brubacher (treasurer/director); Karen Gastmeier (president/director); Mary Thompson (director); Betty Behm (director); William Gastmeier (director); Sharon Heeralall (director); Ross Schlegel (director); Hanne Kuhnert (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waterloo’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107727927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.