Sonrise Christian Academy
Publicly funded institution · Belleville, Ontario · BN 119156347RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($406,504) as filed with the CRA.
Sonrise Christian Academy is a charitable organization based in Belleville, 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, 2023, it reported $377K in revenue and $407K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 1,533 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Standard elementary school curriculum based on biblical teaching
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $377K | $407K | $263K | $22K | — | $504K |
| 2022 | $391K | $359K | $255K | $11K | — | $534K |
| 2021 | $440K | $400K | $313K | $13K | $492 | $501K |
| 2020 | $404K | $376K | $306K | — | — | $461K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$277K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Margaret Koopmans (treasurer); Ed Morris (chair); Brian Vanderniet (vice); Laura Holmes (secretary); Aaron Brough (director); William Vandelaan (director); Josh Carney (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sonrise Christian Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119156347RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.