Kitchener-Waterloo Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 132414392RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,684,729) as filed with the CRA.
Kitchener-Waterloo Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $158K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% 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 23 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $5,029 in 2024, the largest being $3,022 to One4Another International. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We provide and promote a Christ-centred education for children in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.4M | $31K | $5,030 | $9.8M |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.2M | $3M | $25K | $5,164 | $9.9M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $3M | $2.8M | $25K | $5,377 | $10.1M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $3M | $2.7M | $16K | $1,253 | $10.4M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $3.1M | $19K | $2,458 | $10.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,029 to 5 qualified donees:
Received $158K from 9 charities:
- Christian Stewardship Services$67K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$45K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$23K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$15K
- The First Christian Reformed Church of Kitchener Inc.$5,626
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$910
- Waterloo Christian Reformed Church$780
- Canadahelps Canadon$480
- Canada Donates Inc.$23
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 positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Haig (president); Shawn Meyering (director); Terry Pardys (director); Yiwei Lin (director); Stephanie Schiedel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitchener-Waterloo Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132414392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.