True North Christian Academy
Publicly funded institution · Stayner, Ontario · BN 816975742RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($310,700) as filed with the CRA.
True North Christian Academy is a charitable organization based in Stayner, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $255K in revenue and $311K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $655.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $492 in 2024, the largest being $492 to International Needs Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Christian elementary school ( jk to grade 8 ) that teaches all the core subjects that meet the ontario curriculum standards and incorporates christian teaching and principales. Christian teachings are done through devotions prayer time bible study and throughout the day as the other subjects are taught. We provide instruction monday to friday from 8:45 - 3:20 in all the arts subjects such as music drama art physical education and core french instruction
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $255K | $311K | $248K | — | $492 | $73K |
| 2023 | $281K | $280K | $223K | — | $472 | $128K |
| 2022 | $257K | $265K | $212K | — | $542 | $127K |
| 2021 | $299K | $276K | $220K | — | $807 | $135K |
| 2020 | $274K | $233K | $186K | — | $492 | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $492 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $655 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$213K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Cooke (principal/lead officer); Rob Mirkovic (director); Nancy Martin (director/secretary); Katherine Dunsford (teacher rep); John Nolan (director/treasurer); Melissa Ness (director/parent rep); Brent Minty (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from True North Christian Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816975742RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.