Destiny Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer County, Alberta · BN 130721145RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,869,321) as filed with the CRA.
Destiny Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer County, 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 $1.8M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,755 in 2024, the largest being $1,430 to Home Church - Red Deer Alberta. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $11.2M in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Educaitonal programs to childre nfrom playschool to ecs to grade 9 within a christian environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $6,820 | $1,755 | $698K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $6,411 | $2,050 | $723K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1M | $2,575 | $2,121 | $677K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1,946 | $1,400 | $720K |
| 2020 | $11.2M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $6,880 | $8,259 | $332K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,755 to 2 qualified donees:
- Home Church - Red Deer Alberta$1,430
- Free to Care Society$325
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jachin Mullen (president); Joelle Hrywkiw (secretary); Dale Sherriff (vice chair); Barbara Carritt (officer); Uso Okeke (officer); Ashley Hill (officer); Steven Moser (officer); Ify Ezeibe (officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Destiny Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130721145RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.