Stratford Chefs School
Publicly funded institution · Stratford, Ontario · BN 119199958RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,366,934) as filed with the CRA.
Stratford Chefs School 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. 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 8 names.
In its own words
Apprentice training to the trade of chefs and private career college's chef training program in stratford on.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $63K | — | -$110K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $56K | — | $51K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $29K | — | $113K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | $59K | — | $306K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $46K | — | $180K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 3 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$473K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Nigel Howard (chair); Timothy Leonard (treasurer); Dennis Nuhn (director); David Stones (director); Arakua Lamptey (director); Amanda Bradley (director); Carrie Rau (director); Alex Kastner (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stratford Chefs School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119199958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.