Abbotsford Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 129907234RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($19,564,882) as filed with the CRA.
Abbotsford Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $18M in revenue and $19.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 49% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 76 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $78K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Edudeo Ministries. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operation of an independent christian education program for students from preschool to grade 12 in elementary middle and secondary schools in abbotsford bc
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18M | $19.6M | $17.1M | $28K | $78K | $14.6M |
| 2023 | $16.3M | $18.1M | $15.6M | $40K | $19K | $15.4M |
| 2022 | $16.4M | $15.8M | $13.9M | $90K | — | $16.6M |
| 2021 | $13.8M | $13.5M | $11.9M | $86K | — | $15.5M |
| 2020 | $14.5M | $12.9M | $11.4M | — | — | $14.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $78K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $106K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions76
- Total compensation, all staff$13.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chantelle Arends (director); Jennifer Binnendyk (director); Stephanie Ingwerson (secretary); Jacqueline Busink (director); Jacob Kostelyk (director); Raymond Olthuis (treasurer); Yolanda Apperloo (director); Trevor De Jong (chair); Tim Sulba (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abbotsford Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129907234RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.