Rehoboth Free Reformed Christian School Society of Copetown
Publicly funded institution · Copetown, Ontario · BN 119114825RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,305,517) as filed with the CRA.
Rehoboth Free Reformed Christian School Society of Copetown is a charitable organization based in Copetown, 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 $4M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $244K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Run a K-12 Christian School for children in the greater Hamilton Area in accordance with traditional Reformed Christian principles in compliance with Ontario Ministry of Education standards
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4.3M | $3.7M | $555K | — | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.1M | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2022 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.8M | — | — | $7.4M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.8M | — | — | — | $7.3M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $2.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $7.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $244K from 9 charities:
- Free Reformed Church of Hamilton$99K
- Free Reformed Church of Dundas$80K
- Grace Free Reformed Church$35K
- Providence Free Reformed Church$23K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,260
- Canadahelps Canadon$960
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$445
- Christian Stewardship Services$380
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$207
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Postma (board chair); Tim Wolfe (director); Jim Kranendonk (director); Kevin Brunsveld (director); Brandon Hannaford (director); Micheal Lobbezoo (treasurer); Albert Marskamp (vice chair); Dale VanderHout (director); Andy Kroesbergen (director); John Schuit (director); Corneil Byl (secretary); Adrian Wilbrink (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rehoboth Free Reformed Christian School Society of Copetown’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119114825RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.