Redeemer University
Publicly funded institution · Ancaster, Ontario · BN 123313660RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($29,212,846) as filed with the CRA.
Redeemer University is a charitable organization based in Ancaster, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $35.1M in revenue and $29.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 103 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 163 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Act Five Initiatives. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Advancement of christian higher education training and research
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35.1M | $29.2M | $19.1M | $858K | $21K | $43.9M |
| 2023 | $33.4M | $28.8M | $18.5M | $838K | $5,880 | $42.3M |
| 2022 | $29.6M | $25M | $16.2M | $616K | $2,555 | $43.2M |
| 2021 | $28.3M | $23.1M | $14.5M | $649K | $684 | $40.6M |
| 2020 | $26.3M | $21.7M | $13.3M | $796K | $1,287 | $38.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $1.6M from 103 charities:
- Link Charity Canada Inc$367K
- Christian Stewardship Services$253K
- Sun Light Foundation$145K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$128K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$50K
- The First Christian Reformed Church of Kitchener Inc.$30K
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Brantford$29K
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Listowel$24K
- Sarnia Community Foundation$24K
- Ross-Shire Foundation$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Hensen Foundation$20K
- Maranatha Christian Reformed Church of York$20K
- Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$19K
- Fellowship Christian Reformed Church of Brighton$18K
- First Christian Reformed Church of Barrie Ont$18K
- Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church$16K
- Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Fenwick$15K
- Christian Reformed Church of Drayton$15K
- Palmerston Christian Reformed Church$14K
- Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Hamilton$13K
- Calvin (dundas) Christian Reformed Church$13K
- Smithville Christian Reformed Church$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions163
- Total compensation, all staff$15.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wil Bakker (director); Cassandre Desamour (director); Peter Hoytema (director); Clarence Keesman (director); Phoebe Mitton (director); Bart Mooibroek (director); Ray Scheepstra (director); Denis ST-Amour (chair); Gina Taylor (vice-chair); Joshua Tong (director); Paul Vanden Brink (director); John Van Pelt (director); Kathy Winkelhorst (director); Paul Gerics (director); Yong Kim (director); Rebecca Lane (director); Andrew Regnerus (director); David Zietsma (secretary and treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Redeemer University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123313660RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.