Guido de Bres Canadian Reformed High School Society
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 118949502RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,298,565) as filed with the CRA.
Guido de Bres Canadian Reformed High School Society 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $18.2M in revenue and $6.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $559K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 53 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.7M in 2020 to $18.2M in 2024.
In its own words
The promotion and establishment of christian education to prepare students for college university and workplace. Secondary high school edcuation in accordance with the province of ontario requirements including religious conten. The school is located in hamilton.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.2M | $6.3M | $6M | $49K | — | $12.1M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $5.6M | $5.3M | $71K | — | $194K |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $5.1M | $4.9M | $11K | — | $353K |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.5M | $4.3M | $12K | — | $667K |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $4.1M | $17K | — | $660K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $559K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$197K
- Canadahelps Canadon$197K
- Harvest Endowment Foundation$123K
- Christian Stewardship Services$31K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$5,000
- Rehoboth United Reformed Church of Hamilton$4,452
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,070
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions53
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guido de Bres Canadian Reformed High School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118949502RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.