Association of Canadian Chinese Theological Education
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 850619149RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,267,910) as filed with the CRA.
Association of Canadian Chinese Theological Education is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $161K in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $487K in 2024, the largest being $487K to Canadian Chinese School of Theology Toronto Corporation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $161K in 2024.
In its own words
1. To continue maintain support and promote the chinese-language-based theological education 2. To organize seminars and workshops in relation to promoting theological education. 3. To assist seminary students spiritually and financially in their studies 4. To assist student recruitment activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $161K | $1.3M | $759K | $2,537 | $487K | $441K |
| 2023 | $510K | $563K | $514K | $4,142 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $935K | $31K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1M | $905K | $842K | $7,289 | — | $915K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $895K | $6,135 | $73K | $815K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $487K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $36K from 15 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Koinonia Charitable Trust$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,786
- Milliken Gospel Church$2,000
- North Toronto Chinese Alliance Church$2,000
- Lord's Grace Church Society$2,000
- The Ottawa Chinese Alliance Church$2,000
- Toronto Jaffray Chinese Alliance Church$1,000
- K-W Chinese Alliance Church$1,000
- Association of Christian Evangelical Ministries (Canada)$1,000
- Whitby Oshawa Chinese Baptist Church$600
- Brampton Evangelical Missionary Church$500
- Hamilton Chinese Alliance Church$500
- Toronto Chinese Methodist Church$300
- Toronto Grace Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$173K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Association of Canadian Chinese Theological Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850619149RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.