Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 872708367RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,578,783) as filed with the CRA.
Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc. is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $6.6M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 115 qualified donees totalling $3.6M in 2024, the largest being $376K to Charlotte County Christian Academy Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Maintaining funds on behalf of member independent christian schools and their affiliated organizations developing curriculum materials suitible to christian education providing scholarships bursaries and financial assistance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.6M | $4.6M | — | — | $3.6M | $23.8M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $3.9M | — | — | $3M | $21.9M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.3M | $333K | — | $2.2M | $20.4M |
| 2021 | $6M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.3M | $19.9M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.3M | $17M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.6M to 115 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Charlotte County Christian Academy Inc.$376K
- Cairn Christian School$336K
- Society for Christian Instruction at Drayton and Vicinity$188K
- Listowel Christian School Society$148K
- Smithville and District Association for Christian Education Incorporated$148K
- The Association for Christian Education of ST. Catharines$112K
- Jarvis District Christian School$108K
- Quinte Region Christian Schools$106K
- Timothy Christian School (barrie)$98K
- ST. Thomas Community Christian School Society$81K
- Knox Christian School Society$81K
- Dunnville Christian School Society$78K
- Cambridge District Association for Christian Education$73K
- Orangeville Christian School Society$71K
- Mountainview Christian Reformed Church of Grimsby$70K
- Toronto District Christian High School$69K
- The Cardus Institute$68K
- Calvin Christian School Society of Chatham$67K
- John Calvin Christian School Society Guelph$56K
- John Knox Christian School Society of Mississauga$55K
- London Christian Elementary School Society$54K
- The London District Christian Secondary School Society$46K
- Strathroy Community Christian School Society$42K
- ST. Timothy's Classical Academy Society$41K
- Immanuel Christian School Society Inc.$40K
Received $1.3M from 23 charities:
- Listowel Christian School Society$514K
- Burlington Parental Christian School Society$256K
- Maranatha Christian Academy of Windsor$140K
- King Christian School Society$133K
- Christian Stewardship Services$97K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$80K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$30K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$20K
- Abbotsford Christian School Society$15K
- The Hensen Foundation$15K
- Sun Light Foundation$13K
- ST. Timothy's Classical Academy Society$6,500
- Abundance Canada$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,170
- Frankford Christian Reformed Church$3,672
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,000
- Hamilton Association for Christian Education Incorp$1,250
- Hagersville Community Christian Reformed Church$1,177
- Christian Reformed Church of Aylmer$939
- Ingersoll Christian Reformed Church$803
- Lambton Christian School Society$600
- Canadahelps Canadon$528
- Renison University College$100
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$335K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marv Devries (director); Letita Fluit (director); Ray Hendriks (chair of board); Gabriella Hoogstra (director); Greg Kippers (director); Ralph Luimes (director); David Pruim (treasurer); George Zekveld (director); Julius Siebenga (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872708367RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.