Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary
Publicly funded institution · Langley, British Columbia · BN 825688971RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,267,061) as filed with the CRA.
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary is a charitable organization based in Langley, British Columbia, 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 55 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $389K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. 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 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Canadian Mennonite University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
MB Seminary provides graduate theological education to students from the Mennonite Brethren Christian tradition. MB Seminary provides seminars and leadership development courses to students from the viewpoint of the Mennonite Brethren Christian tradition.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.3M | $1M | $153K | $31K | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $150K | $30K | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $982K | $150K | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $136K | $0 | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $166K | $60K | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $389K from 55 charities:
- Canadian Medical Foundation$100K
- Willingdon Church$64K
- The Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba$38K
- The Foundation Office.ca$35K
- Abundance Canada$25K
- Reimer Foundation$20K
- North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church$8,220
- Westwood Mennonite Brethren Church$7,999
- Steinbach Mennonite Brethren Church$5,913
- West Portal Church Mennonite Brethren$5,227
- King Road Mennonite Brethren Church$5,212
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern Church$5,000
- Waldheim Mennonite Brethren Church$4,100
- Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship$4,005
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$3,600
- Immanuel Retreat Ministries$3,500
- Black Creek Community Church$3,401
- Maple View Mennonite Church$3,316
- South Langley Mennonite Brethren Church$3,300
- Bethel Chinese Christian Mennonite Brethern Church$2,700
- Community Fellowship Church$2,565
- Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church$2,500
- Crossroads Mennonite Brethren Church$2,450
- Saanich Community Church$2,300
- Arnold Community Church$2,064
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$882K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Wessner (director); Denis Federau (secretary); Melody Loewen (director); Ray Harms-Wiebe (vice-chair); Brian Cooper (director); Jim Davidson (treasurer); Ken Esau (director); Greg Ouellette (director); Cam Stuart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825688971RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.