Mennonite Educational Institute Society
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 107691065RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($21,246,855) as filed with the CRA.
Mennonite Educational Institute Society is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $26.3M in revenue and $21.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 35% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 126 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $6,399 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Imani Orphan Care Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Mei schools provides holistic education to students from preschool to grade 12. Developing students socially intellectually spiritually emotionally and physically with a christian perspective while integrating bc curriculum. Mei schools students and staff travel domestically and internationally on short term service learning trips to assist in poverty relief education and volunteer efforts. Mei schools also offers a hockey academy focused on skill and christian based character development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26.3M | $21.2M | $18.5M | $281K | $6,400 | $21.6M |
| 2023 | $24.7M | $20.2M | $18.7M | $295K | $18K | $16.5M |
| 2022 | $19M | $18M | $15.8M | $201K | $24K | $12M |
| 2021 | $17.6M | $17M | $15.9M | $193K | $19K | $9.9M |
| 2020 | $17.8M | $16.9M | $15.8M | $206K | $5,402 | $10.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,399 to 6 qualified donees:
- Imani Orphan Care Foundation$2,000
- Terry Fox Foundation$1,722
- Archway Community Services$1,130
- The Samaritan's Purse - Canada$947
- British Columbia/yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion Foundation$450
- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia$150
Received $3M from 24 charities:
- Abundance Canada$1.3M
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$600K
- F & E Strumpski Foundation$275K
- Fleming Foundation$250K
- Northview Community Church$191K
- The James and Sherry Redekop Foundation$125K
- Heronbrook Foundation$83K
- Canary Foundation$55K
- South Abbotsford Mennonite Brethern Church$31K
- Central Heights Church$29K
- Ross Road Community Church$21K
- BenefAction Foundation$19K
- King Road Mennonite Brethren Church$18K
- Butterley Family Foundation Inc$14K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,450
- The Gathering Church$4,000
- Alderbrook Community Church$3,400
- Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church$2,000
- The Life Centre$1,000
- Emmanuel Mennonite Church$1,000
- Titan Foundation$1,000
- Klassen Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions126
- Total compensation, all staff$15.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Borseth (vice board chair); Mark Brandsma (board director); Kevin Fedrau (board chair); James Gunther (board director); Nathan Jantzen (board director); Vijay Manuel (head of schools); Noel Mondhe (board director); Kenneth Nelson (board director); Kimberly Norcross (board director); Michael Redekop (board director); Detlef Wiebe (board director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mennonite Educational Institute Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107691065RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.