Understanding School Fundraisers
Mission Training Program fundraising activities officially considered as “school fundraisers”, as opposed to “student/family fundraisers”, are the Sarcan Recycling Program and Faith Support Letter Campaign.
Any funds raised as a direct result of the Faith Support Letter Campaign remain the property of, and under the control of, the school. It is for this reason that CRA allows SCS to issue official tax receipts for “faith support” gifts. SCS will associate these funds with each student’s trip account based on their fundraising efforts under this campaign but any amounts raised in excess of the balances outstanding in each student’s account will be applied on a per student basis to the Mission Training Program’s reserve fund.
Conversely, funds raised as a direct result of a student/family (or group of students/families) fundraiser are the property of that student or family or group. Thus, it is entirely up to that student/family/group to deposit any part of those funds to the student mission trip account(s) at SCS. However, if a student/family/group has advertised a purpose for their fundraiser (i.e. to raise money to go on a school trip), integrity and honour would dictate that any funds raised be used for that purpose.
Please Note: The Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency regulates the manner in which Saskatoon Christian School issues charitable tax receipts. To comply with these regulations, monies received must be a gift to be eligible for an official tax receipt. Financial contributions to mission trips are no exception so please understand all monies collected are a donation to SCS for our Missions Training Program. That means the monies are not designated to a specific individual and, as such, are absolutely non-refundable.
Only donations to a school fundraiser are eligible for official tax receipting.
Only “school fundraisers” should be presented/advertised as such. “Student/family fundraisers” are not officially sanctioned SCS events/activities and should not be presented/advertised as such.
School staff, equipment, supplies and accounting software are only available for “school fundraisers”. This includes SCS deposit books, office supplies, debit/credit machines, etc.