Associated Canadian Theological Schools Society
Publicly funded institution · Langley, British Columbia · BN 776986697RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,294,980) as filed with the CRA.
Associated Canadian Theological Schools Society is a charitable organization based in Langley, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $211K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $2.9M | — | — | $652K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.9M | $3.5M | — | — | $521K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $3.5M | $3M | — | — | $715K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $4M | $3.4M | — | — | $592K |
| 2020 | $1M | $4M | $3.5M | — | $47K | $145K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $211K from 9 charities:
- Northwest Baptist Theological College$182K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,538
- The Mennonite Brethern Church of Vauxhall$6,500
- Chinese Christian Gospel Church$5,000
- Bethel Chinese Christian Mennonite Brethern Church$2,700
- Surrey Christian Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$2,000
- Burnaby Chinese Evangelical Free Church$1,100
- Lakeview Baptist Church of Calgary Society$900
- Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barton Priebe (director); Paul Park (director); William Taylor (chair); Ray Harms-Wiebe (director); Ruth McGillivray (secretary); Mark Wessner (vice-chair); Bernard Mukwavi (director); Todd Martin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Associated Canadian Theological Schools Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 776986697RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.