Calvin Christian School Society of Chatham
Publicly funded institution · Chatham, Ontario · BN 106833312RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,071,640) as filed with the CRA.
Calvin Christian School Society of Chatham is a charitable organization based in Chatham, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $5.2M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $151K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $4,400 to Reach Out Chatham Kent (R.O.C.K.) Missions. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $5.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Operating a junior kindergarten to grade 12 day school in chatham ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.2M | $5.1M | $4.4M | $109K | $30K | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.8M | — | $991 | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 8 qualified donees:
- Reach Out Chatham Kent (R.O.C.K.) Missions$4,400
- Chatham Kent Hospice Inc.$4,350
- FreeHelpCK$4,200
- Neighbourlink Chatham - Kent$3,725
- Blenheim Christian Reformed Church$3,650
- Southwestern Ontario Optimist Conductive Ed Trust Fund$3,650
- New Beginning Ministries Apostolic Faith Church$3,600
- United Christian Broadcasters Media Canada$2,725
Received $151K from 10 charities:
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$67K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Christian Stewardship Services$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,770
- Blenheim Christian Reformed Church$2,725
- Family Legacies Giving Foundation$2,000
- First Christian Reformed Church-Chatham-Kent$800
- Living Hope Free Reformed Church$300
- 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathryn Kielstra (vice-all); Justin Egan (director); Sarah Ytsma (corresponding secretary); Gerhard Taves (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calvin Christian School Society of Chatham’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106833312RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.