Bearspaw Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107478836RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Bearspaw Christian School Society 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 $15.3M in revenue and $14M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.8M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 131 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $1M to Bearspaw Christian School Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.5M in 2020 to $15.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Bearspaw christian school society has its primary objective as 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 | $15.3M | $14M | — | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $13.6M | $12.7M | — | — | — | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $11.9M | $10.9M | — | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $10.7M | $9.8M | — | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $9.5M | $8.8M | — | — | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.8M from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions131
- Total compensation, all staff$9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 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).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bearspaw Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107478836RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.