ST Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 119195600RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,308) 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 $53K in revenue and $52K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,057.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $2,895 in 2024, the largest being $1,560 to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $140K in 2020 to $53K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Weeklyservices for church members & all non members welcome visitation for shutins loose change collection to support other local charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53K | $52K | $32K | — | $654 | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $71K | $42K | $29K | — | $1,258 | $1.9M |
| 2022 | — | $53K | $12K | — | $2,893 | — |
| 2021 | $84K | $93K | $5,543 | — | $8,094 | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $140K | — | $67K | — | $5,036 | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,895 to 9 qualified donees:
- Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada$1,560
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$205
- Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health$200
- Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (kitchener)$200
- Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation$200
- Lisaard and Innisfree Hospice$150
- Community Support Connections - Meals on Wheels and More$150
- The Working Centre$150
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief$80
Received $1,057 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$14K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denise Biehler (member); June Deitich (member); Bob Bitton (member); Patricia McIlvenna (member); Janice Powis (chairman); Eleanor Lacey (member); Canon Mario Hryniewicz (pastor); Lia Bjerlano (member); Art Ziegler (member); Margaret Ziegler (member).
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 119195600RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.