Lambton Kent District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 118979749RR0002 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($354,556,100) as filed with the CRA.
Lambton Kent District School Board is a charitable organization based in Sarnia, 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 $354.6M in revenue and $354.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $210K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 2,997 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
We provide public education for elementary and secondary school students. Donations made to the charity are used to fund scholarships and awards to the qualifying student recipients.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $354.6M | $354.6M | $344.7M | — | — | $36.9M |
| 2023 | $319M | $317.3M | $308.5M | — | — | $33.5M |
| 2022 | $313.5M | $305.4M | $297.2M | — | — | $51.8M |
| 2021 | $293.9M | $285.5M | — | — | — | $43.6M |
| 2020 | $280.2M | $270.8M | — | — | — | $35.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $210K from 11 charities:
- Noelle's Gift to Children$100K
- Catherine Wilson Foundation$58K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$31K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$5,900
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,810
- The Newall Family Foundation$2,500
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$750
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$715
- Aqueduct Foundation$500
- London Community Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2,997
- Total compensation, all staff$239.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian McKay (treasurer); Jane Bryce (trustee); Randy Campbell (chair); Greg Agar (trustee); Janet Barnes (trustee); Ruth Ann Dodman (trustee); Dave Douglas (trustee); Jack Fletcher (trustee); Brittany Jenkins (trustee); Scott McKinlay (trustee); Lareina Rising (trustee); Derek Robertson (vice chair); John Howitt (secretary); Malinda Little (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lambton Kent District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118979749RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.