Reformed Book Services
Charitable organization · Brantford, Ontario · BN 814740023RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,365,190) as filed with the CRA.
Reformed Book Services is a charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,300.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $614K in 2022 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operating a reformed christian book store to promote the reading learning and study of the reformed christian faith.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $70K | — | $719K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1M | $968K | $22K | — | $668K |
| 2022 | $614K | $358K | $336K | $2,994 | — | $417K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,300 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$179K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edward Laman (vice chairman); Gerald Schuit (marketing); Jeff Bokma (niagara area depot); Peter Dendekker (director); Pieter Vandermeyden (director); Ricky Pronk (secretary); Teresa Vlietstra (director); Trudy Hamstra (treasurer); William Droogendyl (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Reformed Book Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814740023RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.