Discovery Learning Foundation Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Maple Creek, Saskatchewan · BN 866237803RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,047,874) as filed with the CRA.
Discovery Learning Foundation Inc. is a charitable organization based in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 8% from government, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
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 reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
To establish and operate private christian primiary and secondary schools in saskatchewan.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $4M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.6M | $2,500 | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $3M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $11K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randal Gay (trustee); Ron Lennox (trustee); Drew Mathers (trustee); Daryl Paskewitz (trustee); Myron Clow (trustee); Brad Drever (trustee); Trent Drever (trustee); Barry Drever (trustee); Ralph Cockburn (trustee); Jay Hopkins (trustee); Roy Drever (trustee); Wes Shimwell (trustee); Robb Cavenagh (trustee); Walter Arnot (trustee); Tom Biggs (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Discovery Learning Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866237803RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.