Bearspaw Christian School Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 803069640RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,625,577) as filed with the CRA.
Bearspaw Christian School Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 62% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2.6M in 2024, the largest being $2.6M to Bearspaw Christian School Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $242K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Bearspaw christian school foundation has its primary objective of raising funds for the operation of a private christian school that meets the private school requirements of alberta education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.6M | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $3M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $736K | $118K | — | — | $74K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $136K | — | — | $82K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $242K | $153K | — | — | $103K | $175K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.6M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.2M from 5 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$3,654
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Toju Pessu (director); Ben Snyman (director); Travis Patzer (treasurer); Davida Osei-Tutu (director); Brad Friesen (vice-chairman); Deboer Jason (director); Stephanie McSwain (director); Roberta Werth (director); Chris Chua (cfo/director of finance); David Anger (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bearspaw Christian School Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803069640RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.