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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

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Cents to cause T1

89¢

of each dollar spent, to programs

Operating overhead T1

11%

typical range 5–35%

Reserves T1

—

not in this filing

Revenue T1

—

not in this filing

— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures

Common questions

How do I donate to Forest Lawn United Church?

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Is Forest Lawn United Church a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 118927664RR0001. 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 Forest Lawn United Church located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 2236 35 ST SE, CALGARY, AB, T2B 0X1. Source.

What does Forest Lawn United Church do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.

How much of Forest Lawn United Church's spending goes to programs?T1

Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.

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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

89¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ 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.

this charity 89¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

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 ↗ · what this means

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

★ 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.

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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