Niagara Reformed Christian Education Association
Publicly funded institution · Jordan Station, Ontario · BN 135633295RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,731,579) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Reformed Christian Education Association is a charitable organization based in Jordan Station, 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 $7.6M in revenue and $7.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $228K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 39 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $358K in 2024, the largest being $358K to Christian Stewardship Services. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
We operate a Christian Elementary (K-8) and Secondary (9-12) school providing education in all academic subject areas in a distinctly reformed perspective.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6M | $7.7M | $6.9M | $81K | $358K | $2M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $8M | $6.6M | $75K | $929K | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $6.5M | $6.3M | $5.9M | $135K | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $5.8M | $5.5M | $60K | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $5.7M | $5.4M | $70K | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $358K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $228K from 11 charities:
- Christian Stewardship Services$107K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Vineland Free Reformed Church$19K
- Grace Reformed Church$14K
- Trinity United Reformed Church of St. Catharines$9,480
- Adoration United Reformed Church$7,114
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$6,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,487
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 positions39
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie VanVliet (recording secretary); Dave Kikkert (chair); Jeffery Bax (vice chair); Jeff Otten (director); Lisa Antonides (director); Jake Hoek (treasurer); Eric Schotsman (corresponding secretary); Greg Suk (director); Byron Zwiep (director); Bernard Westerveld (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Reformed Christian Education Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135633295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.