Royal Oak Community School Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Niagara on the Lake, Ontario · BN 810424325RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($852,842) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Oak Community School Inc. is a charitable organization based in Niagara on the Lake, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $820K in revenue and $853K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $414K in 2020 to $820K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Royal oak community school meets the requirements of the ontario curriculum and builds on it by enhancing our program with inquiry-based learning and a rich program of activities. We offer pre- and post- school care and a full array of extracurricular activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $820K | $853K | $774K | $15K | — | $175K |
| 2023 | $872K | $834K | $724K | $31K | — | -$88K |
| 2022 | $833K | $779K | $667K | $27K | $4,804 | $170K |
| 2021 | $717K | $670K | $601K | $2,866 | $731 | $116K |
| 2020 | $414K | $447K | $424K | $13K | — | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $122K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$598K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kimberley Elltoft (chair); Erin Murray (director); Robin Ridesic (treasurer); Dennis Forlin (director); Mitzi Klassen (director); Adam Hawley (director); Weston Miller (secretary); Ann Liz Simpson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Oak Community School Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810424325RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.