Alberta Bible College
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106692783RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,070,352) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Bible College is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $84K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Alberta bible college is a post secondary educational institution awarding four-year degrees two-year diplomas and one-year certificates in christian ministries. A two-year degree completion program in christian leadership or counselling is also offered as well as a certificate in tesol (teaching english to speakers of other languages)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | $2,763 | — | $7.3M |
| 2023 | $821K | $1.2M | $1.1M | $5,596 | — | $7.3M |
| 2022 | $882K | $1.1M | $1M | $5,098 | — | $7.6M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $963K | $2,897 | — | $7.8M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $990K | $782K | $4,557 | — | $7.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $84K from 18 charities:
- Grande Prairie Church of Christ$25K
- Bow Valley Christian Church$16K
- Bell Family Foundation Inc.$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,388
- Rosscarrock Church of Christ$5,107
- Canadian Centre for Christian Charities$4,336
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,677
- Coldstream Christian Church$2,500
- Central Church of Christ$2,500
- Refinery Church Edmonton$2,000
- Lumby Christian Church$1,000
- Selkirk Christian Chapel$973
- Clyde Christian Bible Church$875
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$778
- Westlock Community Church of Christ$600
- Taber Church of Christ$400
- Oak Park Church of Christ$250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$94
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$673K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blair Cameron (treasurer); Duff Crerar (trustee); Chris Fong (trustee); John Gerber (trustee); Hope Pawlak (trustee); Megan Klein (trustee); Chris Kobe (vice chair); Joe Murphy (trustee); Cameron Pelham (chair); Sadiku Yesufu (trustee); Stanley Helton (president); Mike Mackinnon (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Bible College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106692783RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.