Cairn Christian School
Publicly funded institution · Smithville, Ontario · BN 132521675RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,591,109) as filed with the CRA.
Cairn Christian School is a charitable organization based in Smithville, Ontario, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $379K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $17K to Smithville and District Association for Christian Education Incorporated.
In its own words
To promote and establish Christian education in Ontario and provide a Christ-centered program of education to Christian families in Beamsville Binbrook Campden East Hamilton Fenwick Fonthill Grimsby St. Anns Smithville Stoney Creek Welland and Wainfleet. Providing daily instruction to children from JK to Grade 8.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $5.2M | $128K | $21K | $8.8M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5.2M | $4.8M | $126K | $819 | $8.7M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $4.8M | $4.5M | $63K | $11K | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.2M | $3.9M | $121K | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $3.9M | $3.7M | $50K | $566 | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $379K from 13 charities:
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$336K
- Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Fenwick$13K
- Mountainview Christian Reformed Church of Grimsby$11K
- Canada Gives$6,500
- Christian Stewardship Services$5,383
- Riverside Christian Reformed Church of Wellandport$2,004
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,333
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,237
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$219
- Smithville Christian Reformed Church$100
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
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 Cairn Christian School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132521675RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.