ST. Bonaventure's College Inc.
Publicly funded institution · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 866868086RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,137,577) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Bonaventure's College Inc. is a charitable organization based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 $4.3M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $791K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
St. Bonaventure's College is a K-12 college prep school that provides secular studies and Roman Catholic religious instruction in the Jesuit tradition for the advancement of Christian principles.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $4.1M | $448K | $216K | — | $132K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $4M | $456K | $164K | — | -$1.3M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.6M | $416K | $133K | $3,000 | -$703K |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $397K | $138K | $2,500 | -$839K |
| 2020 | $4M | $3.4M | $377K | $101K | $3,013 | -$878K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $791K from 11 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$326K
- ST. Bonaventure's College Endowment Inc.$282K
- Aqueduct Foundation$100K
- Missions Jésuites$50K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$25K
- The O'Neill Foundation Inc.$4,000
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$901
- Canadahelps Canadon$327
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$102
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$3.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rob Blackie (chair); Cecil Critch (governor); Stephen Handrigan (president and head of school); Francine Wight (governor); William Cahill (governor); Matthew Galgay (governor); John Sullivan (governor); Brendan Brothers (governor); Carolyn O'Keefe (governor); Ej Mroz (governor); Olatunji Anthony Akerele (governor); Kevin Baker (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Bonaventure's College Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866868086RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.