Providence Christian School
Publicly funded institution · Dundas, Ontario · BN 118889351RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,920,937) as filed with the CRA.
Providence Christian School is a charitable organization based in Dundas, 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 $3M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $221K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $7,972 in 2024, the largest being $6,761 to Education 4 Change. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Providence Christian School offers Christian day-school elementary education from JK-8.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.7M | $76K | $7,971 | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $74K | $1,651 | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $71K | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2M | $35K | $277 | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2M | $1.9M | $26K | $1,132 | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,972 to 5 qualified donees:
Received $221K from 12 charities:
- Hageman Family Foundation$100K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$41K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$33K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$19K
- Calvin (dundas) Christian Reformed Church$11K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,060
- Six Words Foundation$4,000
- Trinity Baptist Church of Burlington$3,173
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Flamborough$1,486
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,440
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,329
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Waterdown$1,316
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Derek Mantel (director); Jonathan Mullett (chair); Peter Werder (vice chair); Kelsey deHaan (secretary); Dan Kralt (director); Sherwin Blaize (director); Janelle Vanderkruk (director); Eliott Orford (director); Peter Siebenmorgan (director); Ryan Scharringa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Providence Christian School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118889351RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.