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EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA
EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA (Ontario) receives grants from 159 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,920,899 to it, the largest being Charitus (C$8,558,935). 152 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
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.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canadashared fundersportfolio match
- Trinity United Churchlocal
- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canadaportfolio match
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: 2019 0% · 2020 9% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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 130 funders to 105 funders, grant income rose C$2.2M → C$4.1M.
Left out of every figure on this page: C$119k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Luthern Church in Canada / Synode de L'Est de L'Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne Au Canada). These are real filings, and they are not money EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA raised.
From the CRA filings of EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 159 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
EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 54%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 43% · 2019 44% · 2020 26% · 2021 28% · 2022 53% · 2023 39% — 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
81% of EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 96% 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
95% of EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA's grant income comes from Ontario funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$123k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 159 funders put you well-backed among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canadashared fundersportfolio matchMB · backs 19 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Trinity United ChurchlocalON · funds 8 organizations near you
- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alongside Hope Auprès de l'espoirportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Five Oaks Shared Ministryportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Saskatchewan Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bethlehem Lutheran Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Faith Lutheran Church (Kitchener)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Christ Lutheran Church - St. Catharinesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St. John's Lutheran Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- King of Kings Lutheran Church (Spruce View District)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
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 EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 6% of FY2021 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU 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 Ontario
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA?
- EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA (Ontario) receives grants from 159 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,920,899 to it, the largest being Charitus (C$8,558,935). 152 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 159 organizations giving C$19,920,899 in grants to EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA, 152 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA?
- Charitus is the largest funder on record, with C$8,558,935 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ontario.
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 159 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