The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Charitable organization · ST Andrews, Manitoba · BN 118941590RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($133,563) as filed with the CRA.
The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd is a charitable organization based in ST Andrews, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $162K in revenue and $134K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,176.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $7,871 to Manitoba/northwestern Ontario Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Good Shepherd is a worshipping community with traditional services and choir music. We offer Confirmation and Adult Studies and are working to re-establish our Youth programming. We strive to reach our community through Zoom worship services volunteer service and giving through organizations locally like NOW (Nutrition on the Weekend) Soup Kitchen Food Bank Meals-on-Wheels and Red River Churches Refugee Team. We support global outreach through Canadian Lutheran World Relief and Not Just Tourists. Good Shepherd is a member of the Interlake Regional Shared Ministry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $162K | $134K | $96K | $4,662 | $11K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $106K | $131K | $97K | $0 | $12K | $1M |
| 2022 | $127K | $123K | $93K | — | $11K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $142K | $114K | $85K | — | $10K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $120K | $115K | $86K | — | $10K | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $2,176 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,176
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$79K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Meads (secretary worship committee); Darrell Schwartz (property & maintenance); Laraine Smolinski (sustainability committee); Dennis Stark (sustainability committee); Nolan Suss (property & maintenance); Leonard Zdrill (treasurer); Diane Reid (vice chair worship committee); Sandra Tymchyshyn (chair); Barbara Zdrill (sustainability committee); Glen Tymchyshyn (sustainability committee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118941590RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.