Seminary of Christ the King
Publicly funded institution · Mission, British Columbia · BN 119145027RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,924,872) as filed with the CRA.
Seminary of Christ the King is a charitable organization based in Mission, British Columbia, 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 $2.6M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.1M.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Chalice (Canada). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $515K in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The Seminary of Christ the King is an educational charitable and religious institution. It fosters and trains vocations to the priesthood and religious life by conducting in British Columbia a degree granting college in both philosophy and theology. It is totally responsible financially to Westminster Abbey. The charitable activities of the Seminary of Christ the King is solely directed to the operation of a high school and degree granting arts and theological college where students pay nominal fees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $1.9M | $1.9M | $0 | $10K | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $0 | $300 | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $626K | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $894K | $569K | $559K | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $515K | $556K | $540K | — | $6,000 | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $2.1M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$221K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benedict Lefebvre (vice-president); Anthony Nguyen (treasurer); Alban Riley (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seminary of Christ the King’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119145027RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.