British Columbia · Registered charity
BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA (British Columbia) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,042,620 to it, the largest being EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA (C$675,321). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,451 christianity nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,451 christianity nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canadashared fundersportfolio match
- Charitusshared fundersportfolio match
- Saint Mary's Health Foundation of New Westminsterlocal
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 28 funders to 24 funders, grant income fell C$572k → C$292k.
From the CRA filings of BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 21% · 2019 35% · 2020 19% · 2021 31% · 2022 29% · 2023 36% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
77% of BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 90% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
78% of BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 39 funders put you under-funded among the 341 organizations that share them.
- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canadashared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 10 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Charitusshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 24 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Saint Mary's Health Foundation of New WestminsterlocalBC · funds 7 organizations near you
- Bethlehem Lutheran Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Trinity Lutheran Church Richmondportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lutheran Church-Canada the Alberta-British Columbia Districtportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Saskatchewan Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St. John Lutheran Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lutheran Church - Canada Financial Ministriesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Faith Lutheran Church (Kitchener)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Royal Columbian Hospital Nurses Alumnae SocietylocalBC · funds 2 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 2% of FY2021 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA?
- BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA (British Columbia) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,042,620 to it, the largest being EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA (C$675,321). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 39 organizations giving C$3,042,620 in grants to BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA?
- EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA is the largest funder on record, with C$675,321 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRITISH COLUMBIA SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register