FOREST LAWN UNITED CHURCH
Charitable organizationChristianity·2236 35 ST SE · CALGARY, AB · T2B 0X1·BN 118927664RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Worship every Sunday Ladies Group - monthly meetings and Spring and Fall Teas for the congregation and public Choir practices every Thursday and leads singing/music on Sundays Sunday School provided every Sunday Men's Group - occasionally Weekly Newsletter E-mailed to congregation Weekly Newsletter delivered to congregants who do not have access to E-mail Members of the congregation volunteer to lead services using program Together We Worship Premises used by three churches Girl Guides TOPS and a theatre group Some members volunteer to provide after-school meals to youth at a community o… Show more
Worship every Sunday Ladies Group - monthly meetings and Spring and Fall Teas for the congregation and public Choir practices every Thursday and leads singing/music on Sundays Sunday School provided every Sunday Men's Group - occasionally Weekly Newsletter E-mailed to congregation Weekly Newsletter delivered to congregants who do not have access to E-mail Members of the congregation volunteer to lead services using program Together We Worship Premises used by three churches Girl Guides TOPS and a theatre group Some members volunteer to provide after-school meals to youth at a community organization The church and congregation members provide hampers gifts and gift cards to needy families at Christmas Participate with another charitable organization to provide backpacks for needy children
New programs
Winter clothing drive - Congregation provides used clothing and volunteers to run the program where we open our premises to the community to select Hampers gifts and gift cards now also provided at Easter Minister leads weekly Bible Study Open our sanctuary to a small community church to hold Ash Wednesday Service
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)89¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)11%
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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)—
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)—
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)—
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)—
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 ↗
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 | $105K | — | 12% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $82K | 86¢ | 14% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $73K | 99¢ | 1% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $89K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | — | 76¢ | 8% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | — | 89¢ | 11% | — |
| trend |
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 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
5 directors reported · 5 of 5at arm's length
- Hope, Irene MTrusteearm's length
- Terry, YvonneTrusteearm's length
- Macosky, Gerard JTrusteearm's length
- Sinclair, VeronaTrusteearm's length
- Wiebe, Arthur JTrusteearm'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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