Stratford and District Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Stratford, Ontario · BN 119199909RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,130,845) as filed with the CRA.
Stratford and District Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Stratford, 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,914.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,939 in 2024, the largest being $1,172 to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity runs a day school JK to Grade 8 where every subject 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 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | $6,912 | $1,939 | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $966K | $6,620 | $3,479 | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1M | $935K | $5,005 | $3,260 | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $914K | $842K | $7,468 | $1,977 | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $957K | $888K | $2,240 | $3,401 | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,939 to 2 qualified donees:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1,172
- World Renew$767
Received $4,914 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$773K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amy Van de Kemp (treasurer); Josh Puklicz (chair); Justin Otten (director); Tim Pennings (vice chair); Joe Timmermans (general adjunct); Brayden Fischer (director); Jennifer Hummel (director); Jason DeWitt (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stratford and District Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119199909RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.