White Rock Lutheran Church
Private foundation · White Rock, British Columbia · BN 747455897RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($71,139) as filed with the CRA.
White Rock Lutheran Church is a private foundation based in White Rock, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity.
Compared with 1,255 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Jalia Africa Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Weekly sunday worship services and post service hospitality as well as twice weekly bible studies and pastoral home and shut-in visits were conducted normally during 2024. Support programs for other charities doing bible translation missionary work and drug rehabilitation in our community continued.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | $71K | $13K | — | — | $287K |
| 2023 | — | $60K | $1,200 | — | — | $257K |
| 2022 | $76K | $60K | — | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $89K | $45K | — | — | — | $198K |
| 2020 | $85K | $72K | — | — | $7,724 | $165K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 7 qualified donees:
- Jalia Africa Foundation$5,000
- Humanitarian Aid Response Team Society (hart)$2,000
- The Great Commission Foundation$1,000
- Lutheran Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$1,000
- Concordia Lutheran Mission Society Inc.$1,000
- Sources Community Resources Foundation$1,000
- Wagner Hills Farms$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Bergstresser (director/councillor); Marlene Bergstresser (councillor); William Mulder (director/councillor); Erica Rose (councillor); Richard Mueller (councillor); Joan Mueller (secretary councillor); Eric Giesbrecht (elder); Astrid Giesbrecht (councillor); Bea Bergum (elder); David Bergum (director/elder); Grant Wilson (councillor/treasurer); Jim Reuter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from White Rock Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 747455897RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.