ST-John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119180826RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($295,012) as filed with the CRA.
ST-John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $220K in revenue and $295K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $175K.
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 reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Allaspects of parish ministry which include 1) weekly worship services ( includes not just the pastor but volunteers) live-streaming and some in-person 2) spiritual care of members 3) baptism 4) marriage 5) funerals 6) pastoral care 7) programmes in celebration of religious holidays 8) food bank 9) clothing give-away 10) fund-raising events suspended due to covid-19 11) hosting free virtual concerts ( including passion consort serires ) 12) support for students and food security 13) employment of student musicians to enhance worship services and provide learning opportunities 14) roof-t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $220K | $295K | $136K | $3,357 | $10K | $4.7M |
| 2023 | $180K | $367K | $80K | $5,607 | $10K | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $191K | $243K | $142K | $2,430 | $14K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $425K | $194K | $138K | $320 | $8,000 | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $224K | $192K | $132K | $22 | $9,720 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $175K from 5 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$130K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karl Looper (vice chair); Carol Meindl (trustee); Ewald Stranzl (councillor); David Schulze (chair); Matthew Schulz (chair); Mark Pedersen (councillor); Anna-Liisa Aunio (secretary); John Faithful Hamer (councillor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST-John's Evangelical Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119180826RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.