Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Langley, British Columbia · BN 107976201RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($347,196) as filed with the CRA.
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $410K in revenue and $347K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $9,230 in 2024, the largest being $7,070 to British Columbia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $4.1M in 2020 to $410K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Weekly worship services; pastoral care; ministries for women men youth and children; we donate funds to denomination headquaters for missionary activities. We prepare hot meals for homeless people in langley city. We maintain (stock with non-perishables and books) a little free pantry and little free library structure on the church property.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $410K | $347K | $328K | — | $9,230 | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $279K | $317K | $296K | — | $9,980 | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $291K | $311K | $280K | — | $21K | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $412K | $297K | $270K | — | $18K | $4.2M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $228K | $203K | — | $13K | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,230 to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$167K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Charlton (treasurer/council member); Cheryl Conant (council co-chair); Carol Anderson (council member); Gary Henriksen (council member); Sylvia Duncan (council member); Hannah Quintanilla (council member); Eldo Kunz (council member); Barbara Russell (council member); Edna Schuerhaus (council member); Kristen Steele (pastor); Ellen Van Eijnsbergen (council co-chair); Lars Poulsen (financial secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107976201RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.