Columbia Bible College
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 106954993RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,724,589) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia Bible College is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, 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 $6.3M in revenue and $6.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.9M.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Through post-secondary education programs columbia bible college equips people for a life of discipleship ministry and leadership in service to the church and community. Programs include one-year certificates two-year diplomas and bachelor degrees in the areas of discipleship church ministry and vocation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $6.7M | $5.2M | $153K | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $7M | $5.4M | $202K | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $6.6M | $5.4M | $196K | — | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $6.5M | $4.8M | $171K | — | $4M |
| 2020 | $7M | $6.9M | $5.6M | $226K | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.9M from 31 charities:
- Reimer Foundation$601K
- Fleming Foundation$300K
- The B.C. Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches$243K
- Canadahelps Canadon$156K
- Canadahelps Canadon$156K
- Abundance Canada$111K
- Canada Gives$105K
- Mennonite Church British Columbia$60K
- Willingdon Church$31K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$21K
- Marshall Family Foundation$20K
- The James and Sherry Redekop Foundation$10K
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern Church$9,000
- Maranatha Foundation$7,500
- Peace Mennonite Church$3,800
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$3,600
- Flin Flon Pentecostal Assembly$3,500
- Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church$3,090
- Canadian Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America$2,432
- CBWC Foundation$2,400
- CBWC Foundation$2,100
- Sunwest Christian Fellowship$2,000
- Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church$2,000
- Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church$2,000
- Bethel Chinese Christian Mennonite Brethern Church$1,100
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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christina Barkman (member); Robert Boehr (member); David Currie (member); Alexander Dixon (member); Marcia Kroeker (member); Dieter Nickel (member); Graham Nickel (chair); Kate Reid (member); Christine Reimer (secretary); Paul Wicki (member); Harvey Wiens (vivce-chair); Brad Willems (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia Bible College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106954993RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.