Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy for Studies in Christian Culture
Publicly funded institution · Barry's Bay, Ontario · BN 887208122RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,421,374) as filed with the CRA.
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy for Studies in Christian Culture is a charitable organization based in Barry's Bay, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $103K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College provides a post-secondary education in the liberal arts within the Catholic tradition. The College offers instructional programs leading to undergraduate degrees and certificate programs. Students are educated in person (on campus and in residence) and by distance learning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $81K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $83K | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $59K | — | $945K |
| 2021 | $2M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $51K | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.8M | $64K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $103K from 16 charities:
- The Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ontario$20K
- Westminster Abbey Limited$20K
- Madonna House Incorporated$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Order of ST. Clare$10K
- The Rupert and Timothy Smith Charitable Foundation$7,000
- Ex Corde Foundation$5,000
- Serra Foundation of Canada$5,000
- Knights of Columbus Ontario Charity Foundation$4,400
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,705
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$831
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$552
- Father Cummings Council No. 2042 Charitable Trust$100
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Pembroke$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheila O'Brien (director); Shane Westin (director); Moira Law (director); Colleen Shackleton (director); Keith Cassidy (chair); Mark Ferreira (vice chair); Benita Thompson (director); Anthony Chan (director); FR Thomas Lynch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy for Studies in Christian Culture’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887208122RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.