Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 107845133RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($220,466) as filed with the CRA.
Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $229K in revenue and $220K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $74K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Lutheran Church-Canada.
In its own words
We hold worship services weekly we provide ministries for women monthly we provide ministries for men monthly we provide sunday school program for youth weekly we provide sunday school program for children weekly we provide adult bible class weekly we provide pastroal care to the sick hospitalized and shit-ins we operate a vacation bible school for religious and recreational purposes each summer we collect food for food bank we donate funds to denomation head quarters for overseas missionary activities we donate funds to denomination headquarters for local missionary activities …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $229K | $220K | $201K | — | $20K | $660K |
| 2023 | $295K | $204K | $183K | — | $21K | $658K |
| 2022 | $336K | $269K | — | — | $23K | $575K |
| 2021 | $265K | — | — | — | — | $509K |
| 2020 | $294K | $204K | — | — | $22K | $484K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 6 qualified donees:
- Lutheran Church-Canada$15K
- Redeemer Lutheran Church$2,510
- Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary-Ontario$1,265
- Sudanese Lutheran Mission Society Can$500
- Luteran Laymen's League$70
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Received $74K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$142K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107845133RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.