Sommerfeld Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Portage la Prairie, Manitoba · BN 140768524RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($415,527) as filed with the CRA.
Sommerfeld Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $141K in revenue and $416K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $125K in 2024, the largest being $125K to Odessa Charitable Trust. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
1. The advancement of religious through the operation of church and provision of religious instruction. 2. The advancement of education through the operation of a school. 3. The relief of poverty through the provisions of food clothing and temporary shelter to persons in need of such assistance because of their impoverished state.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $141K | $416K | $88K | — | $125K | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $276K | $433K | $101K | — | $130K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $542K | $586K | $141K | — | $321K | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $341K | $470K | $468K | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $118K | $33K | $32K | — | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $125K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2,000 from 1 charity:
- Thumb Switch for Life$2,000
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$198K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Hofer (minister); Conrad Hofer (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sommerfeld Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140768524RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.