The Sterling Hall School
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 119257657RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($13,130,259) as filed with the CRA.
The Sterling Hall School is a charitable organization based in North York, 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, 2024, it reported $14.3M in revenue and $13.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $120K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 71 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
The Sterling Hall School is an independent elementary school for boys from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8. The school was founded in 1987 and has a student body of about 325 boys with small class sizes and a low student-to-teacher ratio. A strong core academic program in numeracy and literacy is delivered in an environment of inquiry-based relational learning. Specialist subjects include art drama French health and physical education music science and technology. A wide range of sports and extra-curricular activities is offered throughout the school year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.3M | $13.1M | $10.8M | $344K | — | $10M |
| 2023 | $13.5M | $12.8M | $10.6M | $351K | — | $8.9M |
| 2022 | $12.4M | $11.8M | $9.8M | $268K | — | $8.2M |
| 2021 | $12M | $11.2M | $9.4M | $226K | — | $7.6M |
| 2020 | $11.9M | $10.8M | $9M | $229K | $10K | $7.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $120K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions71
- Total compensation, all staff$8.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julian Battiston (director); Aimee Beeston (director); Eric Hixon (director); John Jentz (director); Richard Parsons (principal); Qi Tang (director); Lara Nathans (director); Lara Shohet-Clark (director); Matthew Flynn (director); Jennifer Lee (director); Jennifer Grossklaus (director); Joseph Khunaysir (director); Michael Lazier (director); Francesca Profis (director); Jamie Firsten (director); Manish Nayar (director); Jordan Pearl (director); Rob Buwalda (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sterling Hall School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119257657RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.