Aurora Learning Foundation (calgary)
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 837835552RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($797,025) as filed with the CRA.
Aurora Learning Foundation (calgary) 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $910K in revenue and $797K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,730.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $572K in 2020 to $910K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation operates a private christian school for elementary junior high and high school students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $910K | $797K | $618K | — | — | $41K |
| 2023 | $820K | $668K | $635K | — | — | $150K |
| 2022 | $538K | $644K | $614K | — | — | $151K |
| 2021 | $669K | $618K | $595K | — | — | $215K |
| 2020 | $572K | $635K | $615K | — | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,730 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$506K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shane Brierley (president); David Barnes (secretary); Greg Barnes (director); Sam Brierley (director); Steve Hope (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aurora Learning Foundation (calgary)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837835552RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.