Connect Charter School Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 869640284RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,184,634) as filed with the CRA.
Connect Charter 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 $9.2M in revenue and $9.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $2,079 in 2024, the largest being $899 to Faith Food Bank Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.2M | $9.2M | $8.4M | $305 | $2,081 | $869K |
| 2023 | $8.5M | $8.8M | $8.4M | $305 | $4,566 | -$704K |
| 2022 | $8.1M | $7.9M | $7.5M | $219 | $565 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $7.4M | $7.4M | $7M | $4,016 | $478 | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $7M | $6.7M | $23K | $3,638 | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,079 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $24K from 5 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
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$5.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
DJ Kelly (director); Sarah Salus (director); Cameron McDonald (director); Kevin O'Connor (director); Meghan Leary (director); Bryce Monar (director); Ron Koper (chair); Jo Towers (director); David McKenzie (director); Rochelle Estep (director); Perry Pasloski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Connect Charter School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869640284RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.