Providence University College and Theological Seminary
Publicly funded institution · Otterburne, Manitoba · BN 108216714RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($15,365,697) as filed with the CRA.
Providence University College and Theological Seminary is a charitable organization based in Otterburne, Manitoba, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $11.6M in revenue and $15.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 12% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $445K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 93 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Operating as a university and a seminary offering Associates Bachelors Masters and Doctoral level degrees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.6M | $15.4M | $13.2M | $841K | $0 | $6.7M |
| 2023 | $9.3M | $11.4M | $9.7M | $697K | $0 | $10.4M |
| 2022 | $9.6M | $9.6M | $7.8M | $811K | $0 | $12.5M |
| 2021 | $9.2M | $9M | $7.2M | $861K | $1,000 | $12.5M |
| 2020 | $12.1M | $10.2M | $8.9M | $455K | — | $12.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $445K from 20 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$121K
- The Buller Foundation Inc.$113K
- Abundance Canada$68K
- The Cheerful Foundation Inc.$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$15K
- The Mackinnon Foundation$12K
- Trust Under Will of Laurel Currie Turnbull$4,469
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,180
- The Winkler Community Foundation Inc.$4,000
- Grace Bible Church of Winnipeg Inc$3,000
- Whyte Ridge Baptist Church Inc.$2,000
- Whyte Ridge Baptist Church Inc.$2,000
- Kleefeld Christian Community Inc$1,500
- Community Foundation of Swan Valley Inc.$1,130
- North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church$1,000
- Maranatha Christian Fellowship (Church of Winkler) Inc.$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$900
- Evangelical Mennonite Church$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions93
- Total compensation, all staff$7.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Johanna Franz (board chair); Kenneth Friesen (board member); Libby Hanna (board member); James Zelinski (chair:governance committee); Mark Kelm (board member); Sheldon Loeppky (chair:audit & operations comm); Kenton Anderson (president); Richard Bergmann (board member); Scott Masterson (cabinet rep); Rebecca Dielschneider (senate rep); Dale Suderman (board member); Gordon Giesbrecht (board member); Deborah Olukoju (board member); Barry Rempel (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Providence University College and Theological Seminary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108216714RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.