ST. James Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Baden, Ontario · BN 119177798RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($196,057) as filed with the CRA.
ST. James Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Baden, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $204K in revenue and $196K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 63% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,500.
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. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $5,780 in 2024, the largest being $4,260 to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $81K in 2020 to $204K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Provide weekly worship services in conjuction with the churches of the nith valley ministry area; community outreach programs; offer christian educationfor adults and children; officiate baptisms funerals weddings; support elcic with funds for benevolence global hunger and other development and outreach programs; operate and maintain fairmount cemetery
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $204K | $196K | $190K | — | $5,780 | $530K |
| 2023 | $70K | $86K | $80K | — | $5,799 | $477K |
| 2022 | $75K | $85K | $78K | — | $6,453 | $492K |
| 2021 | $70K | $62K | $56K | — | $5,905 | $498K |
| 2020 | $81K | $61K | $54K | — | $7,156 | $487K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,780 to 2 qualified donees:
- Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada$4,260
- Wilmot Family Resource Centre Inc$1,520
Received $3,500 from 2 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$121K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheri Tease (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. James Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119177798RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.