Peoples Christian Academy (pca) Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Markham, Ontario · BN 830999553RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,066,788) as filed with the CRA.
Peoples Christian Academy (pca) Inc. is a charitable organization based in Markham, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $11.4M in revenue and $10.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,686.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 92 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $2,196 in 2024, the largest being $500 to The New Light Korean Presbyterian Church of Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.4M in 2020 to $11.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
PCA was incorporated on November 7 2007 and received its charitable status on May 7 2008. It is committed to provide an excellent Christ centered education from JK through grade 12 in a nurturing environment resulting in students who live to glorify God. Academic spiritual and social programs are designed to provide well rounded training to students. Academic programs are designed to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Education of Ontario. Extra curricular programs include chapel house system music arts athletics missions academic competitions debate clubs and schools trips…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.4M | $10.1M | $9.6M | $4,040 | $2,696 | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $9.9M | $8.5M | $8.1M | $4,254 | $3,832 | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $7.7M | $6.9M | $6.6M | $3,350 | $0 | $639K |
| 2021 | $7.3M | $6.1M | $5.9M | $1,742 | $2,521 | -$167K |
| 2020 | $7.4M | $6.1M | $5.9M | $3,498 | $1,866 | -$1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,196 to 7 qualified donees:
Received $3,686 from 3 charities:
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 positions92
- Total compensation, all staff$7.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristine Jao (senior business manager); Alexander Abdulnour (director of operations).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Peoples Christian Academy (pca) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830999553RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.