Peace Lutheran Church of Bay Ridges
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 131555922RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($178,874) as filed with the CRA.
Peace Lutheran Church of Bay Ridges is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $176K in revenue and $179K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,676.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% 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 5 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $9,000 to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To proclaim the christian faith through the means of grace and to corporate in the work and service of the e.l.c.I.c. To provide opportunities for public worship the learning and study of god's word and the administration of the sacraments. To provide for the spiritual emotional and physical needs of members of the church and of the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $176K | $179K | $159K | — | $9,000 | $93K |
| 2023 | $184K | $189K | $104K | $65K | $19K | $167K |
| 2022 | $200K | $200K | $135K | $18K | $17K | $169K |
| 2021 | $203K | $213K | $119K | $11K | $20K | $218K |
| 2020 | $171K | $178K | $106K | $1,589 | $14K | $205K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $7,676 from 3 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$113K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fiona Haapalento (secretary); David Wishart (council member); Analisa Chand-Bhairo (council member); Sirkka Taylor (co-chair); Rosemarie Lantzsch (co-chair); Sunny Wishart (treasurer); Kavita Kanavalli (council member); Rainer Knabenschuh (council member); Shakura Persaud (council member); Cameron Ylimaki (council member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Peace Lutheran Church of Bay Ridges’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131555922RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.