Our Lady of the Pillar Academy
Publicly funded institution · Adelaide-Metcalfe, Ontario · BN 845957778RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($503,333) as filed with the CRA.
Our Lady of the Pillar Academy is a charitable organization based in Adelaide-Metcalfe, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $503K in revenue and $503K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,006.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $503K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The mission of our lady of the pillar academy is to support parents in fulfilling their role as the primary education of their children by providing a solid education faithful to the teaching magisterium of the catholic church. ~ our vision for our lady of the pillar academy ~ we believe and support parents as the primary educators of their children. We provide a rich naturally and authentically presented catholic educational experience. We follow a classically inspired curriculum for students to achieve their intellectual and spiritual potential. We are a not-for-profit independent elementar…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $503K | $503K | $454K | $9,679 | — | -$6,844 |
| 2023 | $499K | $499K | $447K | — | — | -$6,936 |
| 2022 | $354K | $354K | $325K | $9,584 | — | -$6,933 |
| 2021 | $325K | $265K | $246K | $1,431 | — | -$6,935 |
| 2020 | $226K | $222K | $214K | $200 | — | -$67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,006 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$342K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Joe Bianchi (director); Patrick Wilson (co-president); Scott Sinasac (director); Laura Welch (director); Gregory George Tobin (director); Ashley Hartman (director); Peter Norris (director); John-Paul Minten (co-president); Ashly Buis (treasurer).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Our Lady of the Pillar Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845957778RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.