Sandy Lake Seventh-Day Adventist Academy
Publicly funded institution · Bedford, Nova Scotia · BN 134635341RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,257,360) as filed with the CRA.
Sandy Lake Seventh-Day Adventist Academy is a charitable organization based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $690K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We are a private christian school offering quality education from junior primary through grade 12 guided by our motto 'service above self.' along with tuition fees we rely on donations to purchase essential resources such as teaching materials computers & technology classroom equipment and furniture as well as to fund capital projects that enhance our programs. Donations also contribute to our worthy student fund providing financial assistance to students in need and ensuring that they have the opportunity to attend.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.7M | — | — | -$14K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $997K | — | — | -$104K |
| 2022 | $983K | $954K | $804K | — | — | -$41K |
| 2021 | $802K | $863K | $713K | — | — | -$110K |
| 2020 | $690K | $713K | $573K | $905 | — | -$85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 9 charities:
- Halifax Seventh-Day Adventist Church$29K
- Maritime Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Inc$15K
- Maritime Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Inc$12K
- Fox Point Seventh-Day Adventist Church$6,655
- Maritime Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Inc$3,009
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,547
- Maritime Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Inc$363
- Maritime Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Inc$172
- Bridgewater Seventh-Day Adventist Church$65
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$879K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Kibbee (principal); Sydney Mogae (educational superintendent); Jill Kinney (treasurer); Benjamin McBeth (board chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sandy Lake Seventh-Day Adventist Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134635341RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.