Border Land School Division
Publicly funded institution · Altona, Manitoba · BN 856530142RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($41,719,271) as filed with the CRA.
Border Land School Division is a charitable organization based in Altona, Manitoba, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $41M in revenue and $41.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 368 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The division operates a kindergarten to grade 12 public education system in the south eastern area in the province of manitoba
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41M | $41.7M | $40.5M | — | — | $13.4M |
| 2023 | $41.3M | $41.3M | $40.2M | — | — | $14.1M |
| 2022 | $39.1M | $39.4M | $38.3M | — | — | $14.7M |
| 2021 | $37.8M | $38.2M | $37.1M | — | — | $50.8M |
| 2020 | $37.6M | $37.6M | $36.6M | — | — | $15.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 8 charities:
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$12K
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$12K
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$9,900
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$5,700
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$5,350
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$4,500
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$3,800
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$2,450
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
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions368
- Total compensation, all staff$30M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Friesen (trustee); Patty Wiebe (chair); Gail Sutherland (trustee); Jolene Bunn (trustee); Robert Adolphe (trustee); Mark Krahn (trustee); Albert Klassen (vice chiar); Jake Fehr (trustee); Steven Wiebe (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Border Land School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856530142RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.