Institute for Christian Studies
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107508434RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,326,126) as filed with the CRA.
Institute for Christian Studies is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $845K in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $239K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $538K in 2020 to $845K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) is a private graduate institution offering degree programs and conducting research in philosophy education and worldview studies. ICS continues to offer a variety of adult education programs in the form of lecture series conferences and publications.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $845K | $1.3M | $1M | $151K | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $952K | $1.1M | $876K | $105K | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $975K | $1.1M | $842K | $158K | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $770K | $150K | — | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $538K | $935K | $667K | $137K | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $239K from 33 charities:
- Link Charity Canada Inc$66K
- Canadahelps Canadon$47K
- Canadahelps Canadon$47K
- Christian Stewardship Services$25K
- First Christian Reformed Church of Barrie Ont$6,000
- First Christian Reformed Church of Toronto$5,772
- Zwart Hielema Family Foundation$5,500
- Community Christian Reformed Church of Dixons Corners$5,100
- Fragrance Foundation$5,000
- Calvin Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa$2,799
- Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church of Bowmanville$2,500
- Barrhaven Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$2,400
- Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church Inc.$2,126
- Christian Reformed Church of Georgetown$2,008
- Christian Reformed Church of Brampton Ontario$1,889
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Newmarket$1,660
- Christian Reformed Church of Nashwaaksis$1,200
- First Christian Reformed Church of Montreal$1,128
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa (east)$1,000
- Willowdale Christian Reformed Church of Toronto$985
- Ingersoll Christian Reformed Church$925
- The Christian Reformed Church of Richmond$906
- Waterloo Christian Reformed Church$715
- Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church of Lacombe Alberta$690
- Westmount Christian Reformed Church$679
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$973K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Macklin (director); Ian DeWaard (secretary); Dan Beerens (board chair); Sandra Tang (treasurer); Mario Matos (director); Kevin Huinink (director); Matthew Blimke (director); Colin Conrad (director); Elco Vandergrift (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Institute for Christian Studies’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107508434RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.