Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 108230640RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($449,914) as filed with the CRA.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $830K in revenue and $450K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,900.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $84K in 2024, the largest being $66K to Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $472K in 2020 to $830K in 2024.
In its own words
We hold worship services weekly. We provide ministry for women men youth elderly and children daily weekly or monthly. We provide and supply pastoral care. We doante funds to the evangelical lutheran church eastern synod. We hold sunday school for children on a weekly basis. We provid learning and bibly study to all members as desired.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $830K | $450K | $327K | — | $84K | $17.9M |
| 2023 | $686K | $473K | $363K | — | $78K | $16.1M |
| 2022 | $163K | $461K | $314K | — | $116K | $15.9M |
| 2021 | $986K | $451K | $316K | — | $110K | $15.8M |
| 2020 | $472K | $396K | $294K | — | $87K | $15M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $84K to 9 qualified donees:
- Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada$66K
- United Way of Perth-Huron$5,300
- Stratford House of Blessing$3,550
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$2,056
- Stratford/Perth Shelter Link$2,000
- ST. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Kitchener$2,000
- The Kiwanis Club of Stratford Charitable Foundation$1,643
- United Way of Perth-Huron$1,000
- Simple Dreams Ministries Ontario Inc.$150
Received $9,900 from 4 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Charitus$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,900
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$230K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108230640RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.