Timothy Canadian Reformed School Society of Hamilton
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 889493649RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,500,695) as filed with the CRA.
Timothy Canadian Reformed School Society of Hamilton is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $174K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The principal purpose of the society is to maintain a schoool for the daily instruction of the children of its members. The instruction involves the teaching of kindergarten through grade 8 according to the ministerial guidelines as set out by the ministry of education of ontario as well as in accordance with the basis of the bible.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $3.3M | $76K | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.7M | $3.5M | $57K | $775 | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.7M | $3.5M | $33K | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.3M | $3.1M | $21K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.1M | $26K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $174K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sean Kampen (president); Lynsie Alkema (director); Kristin Vanderwoude (director); Brent Vanderwoude (treasurer); Steve Kampen (director); Matthew Bartels (director); James Koopman (director); Gerben DeGelder (director); Edward Vanderlaan (vice chair); Damien Schoof (director); Michelle Vanamerongen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Timothy Canadian Reformed School Society of Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889493649RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.