Trinity Lutheran Church Hamilton
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119180594RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($625,870) as filed with the CRA.
Trinity Lutheran Church Hamilton is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $626K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $49K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $370K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Establish operate and maintain a church for the proclamation teaching and propagation of the gospel of jesus chirst through sunday services sunday school bible study and support for local and extended mission work
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $626K | $566K | — | $49K | $12.8M |
| 2023 | $469K | $669K | $597K | — | $41K | $11.9M |
| 2022 | $412K | $600K | $544K | — | $50K | $11.3M |
| 2021 | $493K | $512K | $467K | — | $53K | $11.9M |
| 2020 | $370K | $368K | $301K | — | $37K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $49K to 8 qualified donees:
- Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada$40K
- Hamilton Tastebuds$6,600
- Liberty for Youth$1,930
- Children Believe$558
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$180
- Lamp$100
- Camp Lutherylyn$100
- The Living Rock Ministries$40
Received $16K from 2 charities:
- Charitus$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,008
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$344K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angela Doyle (director); Cathy Calvin (chair); Barbara Alken (vice chair); Mark Weingartner (director); Emma Begert (director); Judy Lindeman (director); George Karlos (director); Cosmo Leon (director); Michael Schuster (director); Sparrow Rabideau (director); Robert Tiefenbach (director); Lynne Shanks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trinity Lutheran Church Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119180594RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.