Central Alberta Christian High School Society
Publicly funded institution · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 131789562RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,959,301) as filed with the CRA.
Central Alberta Christian High School Society is a charitable organization based in Lacombe, 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 $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $2M in 2024.
In its own words
The charity provides high school instruction from a christian perspective for approximately 100 students. The school is for grades 10 through 12.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $148K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $46K | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $42K | — | $863K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$19K
- Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church of Lacombe Alberta$10K
- Redeemer United Reformed Church$6,038
- Bethel Christian Reformed Church$3,110
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,361
- Cornerstone Free Reformed Church$543
- Wolf Creek Community Church a Christian Reformed Congregation$485
- New Life Fellowship Christian Reformed Church Religious Soci$242
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Alberta Christian High School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131789562RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.