Calgary Catholic Education Foundation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 820582294RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($590,537) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Catholic Education Foundation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $562K in revenue and $591K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $173K in 2024, the largest being $173K to Calgary Catholic School District. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $177K in 2020 to $562K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The calgary catholic education foundation ('ccef') is a resource dedicated to enhancing the educational experiences of students in the calgary catholic school district. The ccef provides funds for enhanced learning opportunities for students in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $562K | $591K | $84K | $250K | $173K | $132K |
| 2023 | $465K | $503K | $52K | $265K | $125K | $160K |
| 2022 | $385K | $445K | $32K | $240K | $126K | $198K |
| 2021 | $225K | $206K | $37K | $34K | $99K | $257K |
| 2020 | $177K | $261K | $41K | $46K | $137K | $239K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $173K to 1 qualified donee:
- Calgary Catholic School District$173K
Received $14K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$168K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deana Helton (board chair); Lina Kind (director); Kathleen Kawalauskas (director); Marie Jurcevic (director); Kurtis Wagner (treasurer); Roxanne Merkley (director); Janet Lymer (executive director); Maureen Wakeford (director); Huguete Magnan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Catholic Education Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820582294RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.