St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church of Stony Plain Alberta
Charitable organization · Stony Plain, Alberta · BN 108031386RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,459,522) as filed with the CRA.
St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church of Stony Plain Alberta is a charitable organization based in Stony Plain, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 45% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $312K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $28K in 2024, the largest being $26K to Lutheran Church-Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
St.matthew evangelical lutheran church of stony plain conducts worship services on a weekly basis throughout the year with additional services being held during such periods in the church as advent and lent. Bible studies are provided during the year with special classes arranged for various age groups confirmation studies and a summer vacation bible school. As part of the ongoing ministry baptisms weddings and funeral services are provided. The church also provides youth events which are intended and organized to foster a positive social environment for not only youth of the congregation …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $1.3M | — | $28K | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.4M | $705K | $11K | $28K | $5.8M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $589K | $12K | $31K | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $2M | $559K | $14K | $25K | $5.5M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $549K | $19K | $24K | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $28K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $312K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Woolsey (treasurer); Gordon Schoepp (vice-chairman); Annette Visser (secretary); Luke Adam (congregational chairman); Janet Duiker (financial secretary); Brent Hennig (board of elders chairman); Scott Williams (cemetery board chairman); Brandy Schutz (board of stewardship); Tiffany Steuber (board of parish education); Shaun Visser (school board chairman); Ian Lande (business administrator); Douglas Van Der Veen (board of trustees chairman); Mackenzie Hennig (board of youth & young adults); Nora Pedersen (board of family minsitry chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church of Stony Plain Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108031386RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.