Knox Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Bowmanville, Ontario · BN 118984681RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,177,200) as filed with the CRA.
Knox Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Bowmanville, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $111K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Our charity provides and established christ centered education in ontario. It does so by providing 10 months of class each year september to june in bowmanville for jk 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 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $3.1M | $1,804 | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $696 | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $51K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.7M | $895 | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $51K | $4,677 | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $111K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melissa Heidebrecht (hr membership nomin); Danielle Jeffery (secretary nominations); Jared Mosterd (treasurer); Kevin Rypstra (finance); Amanda Sibbick (cpc nominations); Nathan Veley (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Knox Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118984681RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.