ST Matthews Lutheran Congregation
Charitable organization · Riverport, Nova Scotia · BN 119190544RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($332,709) as filed with the CRA.
ST Matthews Lutheran Congregation is a charitable organization based in Riverport, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, it reported $57K in revenue and $333K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 15,101 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
It reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $316K in 2021, the largest being $75K to Grace Lutheran Church.
In its own words
The church ended worship services in december 2020. The church was sold in june 2021. The congregational books are still open as we are still dispersing the funds and we will have an accountant's bill to pay yet.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $57K | $333K | — | — | $321K | $17K |
| 2020 | $20K | $20K | $21K | — | $2,000 | $348K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Granted $316K to 22 qualified donees:
- Grace Lutheran Church$75K
- Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada$68K
- South Shore Health Foundation$50K
- South Shore Health Foundation$30K
- Waterloo Lutheran Seminary$25K
- Zion Lutheran Church$15K
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$10K
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$5,100
- Riverport Community Centre Inc$5,000
- Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - Nova Scotia Branch$5,000
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$5,000
- Riverport District Fire Protection Commission$5,000
- The Ark/lunenburg County Association for the Specially Challenged A.k.a. the Ark/lcasc$2,000
- Bonny Lea Farm$2,000
- South Shore Big Brothers/big Sisters Association$2,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$2,000
- Second Story Women's Centre$2,000
- The Ark/lunenburg County Association for the Specially Challenged A.k.a. the Ark/lcasc$2,000
- United Way of Lunenburg County$2,000
- Lunenburg Pastoral Charge$2,000
- Riverport & District Lions Club$2,000
- South Shore Transition House Association—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$4,678
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST Matthews Lutheran Congregation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119190544RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.