St. Peter's Seminary
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 713898724RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,921,269) as filed with the CRA.
St. Peter's Seminary is a charitable organization based in London, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
To educate men to the priesthood. To operate a theological school which offers courses in theology and related subjects. To provide spiritual and pastoral guidance to students and directing students in pastoral internship programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.9M | $2.6M | — | — | -$1.3M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.8M | $2.5M | — | — | -$697K |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $10.8M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $3.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $11.8M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $3.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $11.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.5M from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Fabbro (president); John Comiskey (director); Douglas Crosby (director); Richard Bester (director); Brian Dunn (director); Sharon Wright-Evans (director); Marshall Kern (director); Denis Grecco (director); John Dool (director); Gerard Bergie (director); Maureen Heath (director); Daniel O'Connor (director); Brenda Teichert (director); David Wynen (director); Robert Vantresca (director); Moira McQUEEN (director); Lauretta Frederking (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Peter's Seminary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 713898724RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.