St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 108036427RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($425,239) as filed with the CRA.
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $482K in revenue and $425K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. 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 9 qualified donees totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Lutheran Church-Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The congregation supports its pastor and employees and contributes towards the mission of the church body of which it is a member. The church gives help to the needy and carries on a normal program of the congregation activities administration and stewardship.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $482K | $425K | $301K | $53K | $33K | $10.4M |
| 2023 | $423K | $471K | $398K | $2,643 | $30K | $8.7M |
| 2022 | $416K | $512K | $441K | $2,643 | $29K | $8.7M |
| 2021 | $453K | $481K | $412K | — | $30K | $8.7M |
| 2020 | $367K | $329K | $251K | $3,478 | $35K | $8.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 9 qualified donees:
- Lutheran Church-Canada$20K
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$905
- Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$795
- Lutheran Women's Missionary League - Canada Inc.$320
- Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary-Ontario$95
- House of Friendship$90
- K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed$40
- Lutheran Laymen's League of Canada$35
- Canadian Bible Society$30
Received $11K 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$148K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Keller (pastor); Josh Lavallee (chairman); Steven Klages (treasurer); Allan Scharlach (property director); Don Snyder (chairman of board of elders); Doris Scharlach (recording secretary); Sandy Hill (member at large); John Scharlach (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108036427RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.