Airdrie Christian Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Airdrie, Alberta · BN 106690258RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,836,504) as filed with the CRA.
Airdrie Christian Academy Society is a charitable organization based in Airdrie, Alberta, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $6.7M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 47% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $192K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $58 in 2024, the largest being $58 to Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.9M in 2020 to $6.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Local organization set up to run a preschool elementary and secondary christian school including a home education program. The school follows alberta education curriculum but has a religious component as well. The organization has a benevolence fund as well as financial aid fund to assist need students. The school has fundraising activities throughout the year to raise funds in the support of its charitable activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.7M | $6.8M | $5.5M | $15K | $58 | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5.3M | $4.3M | $10K | $470 | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $7M | $7.3M | $3.5M | $8,064 | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4M | $3.2M | $15K | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.9M | $3.1M | $71K | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $58 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $192K from 5 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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerald Andres (board chair); Tabitha Kilfillen (secretary); Brian Oldridge (director); Michael Crofts (treasurer); Akosa Acheampong (director); Carlos Castro (director); Matthew Peachment (director); Jeff Jarman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Airdrie Christian Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106690258RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.