Cranbrook Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 894853449RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,300,704) as filed with the CRA.
Cranbrook Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,100.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 71 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $23K in 2023, the largest being $23K to Yugo Canada Ministries Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Cranbrook christian school society operates kootenay christian academy an independent christian school offering pre-kindergarten to grade 12. All our subject areas are taught from a christian worldview while at the same time meeting the required outcomes as prescribed by the bc ministry of education. In addition to the prescribed curriculum chapel assemblies requiring student participation and specific instruction in biblical knowledge and christian values form part of the total education program offered.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $184K | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $217K | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.9M | $14K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $23K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $38K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $23K to 1 qualified donee:
- Yugo Canada Ministries Society$23K
Received $1,100 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions71
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Bird (chair); David Clark (director); George Malfair (secretary); Bruce Seitz (treasurer); Craig Janzen (director); Andrew Mack (director); Robert Anderson (director); Christiaan Niemand (director); Paul Reimer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cranbrook Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894853449RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.