Calgary Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106831209RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,524,339) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Academy 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 $25.6M in revenue and $25.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $73K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 159 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $515K in 2024, the largest being $500K to Headwater Learning Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Operating a private day school for students diagnosed with learning difficulties.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.6M | $25.5M | $23.6M | $135K | $500K | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $22.9M | $22.8M | $21M | $96K | $614K | $7.4M |
| 2022 | $19.7M | $19.7M | $18.7M | $57K | $11K | $7.3M |
| 2021 | $20M | $19.8M | $18.2M | — | $810K | $7.3M |
| 2020 | $19.7M | $19.6M | $17.3M | — | $711K | $7.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $515K to 5 qualified donees:
- Headwater Learning Foundation$500K
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$12K
- Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST$850
- The Terry Fox Foundation$802
- Skipping Stone Scholarship Foundation$641
Received $73K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions159
- Total compensation, all staff$16M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Robinson (vice chairman); Gary Purcell (chairman); James Gray (director); Lawrence Lee (secretary treasurer); Marion Burnyeat (director); Tom Graham (director); Sharon Friesen (director); Cameron Plewes (director); Doug Schweitzer (director); Michelle Rousseau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106831209RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.