ST Peter's Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Zurich, Ontario · BN 132530957RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($192,870) as filed with the CRA.
ST Peter's Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Zurich, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $159K in revenue and $193K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,560.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $8,700 to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Weekly sunday services midweek special services pastoral care social ministry events
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $159K | $193K | $169K | $7,011 | $12K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $302K | $157K | $133K | — | $14K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $170K | $169K | $160K | $8,558 | $9,025 | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $141K | $134K | $122K | $921 | $9,165 | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $128K | $112K | $120K | $766 | $7,586 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $1,560 from 1 charity:
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$95K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Beverly Thiel (council chair); Laurie Erb (council secretary); Chuck Erb (council trustee); Rick Deichert (treasurer & council trustee); Diane Klopp (council trustee); Christa Ihrig (council trustee); Jennifer Boles (council trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST Peter's Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132530957RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.