CHRIST LATVIAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Charitable organizationChristianity·18 VICTORIA AVENUE SOUTH · HAMILTON, ON · L8N 2S6·BN 106920960RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
88¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
12%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.5 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$102K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Christ Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church?
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Is Christ Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 106920960RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Christ Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 18 VICTORIA AVENUE SOUTH, HAMILTON, ON, L8N 2S6. Source.
What does Christ Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Latvian Lutheran church providing ongoing and regular (weekly) worship services. Also conduct bi-weekly bible study and confirmation preparation. Ministerial support and associated charitable work is provided for the Latvian community in Hamilton and vicinity." Full program description.
How much of Christ Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 88¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Christ Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $102K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Latvian Lutheran church providing ongoing and regular (weekly) worship services. Also conduct bi-weekly bible study and confirmation preparation. Ministerial support and associated charitable work is provided for the Latvian community in Hamilton and vicinity.
New programs
The church holds regular weekly in-person services. On-line messages from the minister have continued on a periodic basis to those who are shut in or otherwise unable to attend in person. The church maintains an on-line FaceBook account for this purpose. Likewise in-person pastoral visits with infirm or shut-in parishioners also take place regularly.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
88¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 88¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 88¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
12%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
1.5 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$102K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)69%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
69%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
31%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $137K | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $154K | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $116K | 92¢ | 8% | 2 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $178K | 92¢ | 8% | 1.8 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $133K | — | 10% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $102K | 88¢ | 12% | 1.5 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
4 directors reported · 4 of 4at arm's length
- Kaneps, DavisPastorarm's length
- Grinvalds, JohnCouncil presidentarm's length
- Loze, RuditeAccounts representativearm's length
- Dabolins, UldisTreasurerarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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