Society for the Promotion of Parental Schools for Christian Education of Brantford and Vicinity
Publicly funded institution · Brantford, Ontario · BN 129951372RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,440,551) as filed with the CRA.
Society for the Promotion of Parental Schools for Christian Education of Brantford and Vicinity is a charitable organization based in Brantford, 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 $3.4M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $127K in 2024, the largest being $63K to Hope Pregnancy & Family Support Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Our charity runs a day school JK to grade 8 where every subject area is taught with a Christian Perspective.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.1M | $41K | $127K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.8M | $42K | $99K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.8M | $41K | $127K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $28K | $31K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $16K | $5,685 | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $127K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $100K from 10 charities:
- The Hensen Foundation$29K
- Hope Christian Reformed Church of Brantford$22K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$20K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$10K
- Christian Stewardship Services$5,648
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,577
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,931
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,350
- Grace Free Reformed Church$2,091
- Bethel Reformed Church$650
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
- $40,000–79,99918 positions
- $1–39,99953 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheryl Karsten (director); Jantina Ellens (director); Sarah Malda (director); Darren Kloet (treasurer); Stephen Schaffer (president); Tanya Hamilton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society for the Promotion of Parental Schools for Christian Education of Brantford and Vicinity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129951372RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.