Covenant Canadian Reformed Teachers' College
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 106866387RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($659,152) as filed with the CRA.
Covenant Canadian Reformed Teachers' College is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $746K in revenue and $659K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $144K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 23 names.
In its own words
Ccrtc is committed to providing teacher training in accordance with biblical principles as summarized in the confessions of the canadian reformed churches. In addition the college seeks to serve associated schools by providing opportunities for the professional development of in-service school teachers and the overall reformed teaching community. The college develops and offers education programs that lead to a diploma of teaching or a diploma of education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $746K | $659K | $513K | $14K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $850K | $830K | $644K | $15K | — | $948K |
| 2022 | $773K | $790K | $659K | $15K | — | $927K |
| 2021 | $799K | $691K | $604K | — | — | $944K |
| 2020 | $796K | $782K | $659K | — | — | $836K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $144K from 13 charities:
- Harvest Endowment Foundation$49K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadian Reformed School Society of Dufferin$14K
- Abundance Canada$6,800
- Netherlands Reformed Congregation at Norwich$6,000
- Canadian Reformed School Society of Neerlandia$5,192
- Free Reformed Church of Dundas$5,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,957
- Link Charity Canada Inc$2,000
- Canada Gives$600
- The Canadian Reformed School Society of Owen Sound and District$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$461K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Buist (chairman); Michelle Helder (secretary); Stephanie Bareman (governor); Richard Bouwman (governor); Helen Bulthuis (governor); Jackie Deboer (governor); Bea Denbroeder (governor); Jessica Dewit (governor); Emily Dykstra (governor); Deanna Grist (governor); Henrietta Groeneveld (governor); Judy Hofsink (governor); Ed Jans (governor); Henk Nobel (governor); Elizabeth Smith (governor); Rob Span (governor); Rob Van Middlekoop (governor); Robin Vandergriendt (governor); Sandra Vanderwoude (governor); Rose Woudenberg (governor); Henri Glems (treasurer); Emma Van Beek (governor); Michael Gracey (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Covenant Canadian Reformed Teachers' College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106866387RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.