Edmonton Catholic Schools Foundation
Public foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 817071442RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($985,451) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Catholic Schools Foundation is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $985K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $464K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The mission of the edmonton catholic schools foundation is to raise public awareness concerning the benefits of and to enhance the funding for catholic education in the city of edmonton. The foundation will raise funds with integrity through all available channels while assuring sound financial management and prudent investment practices on behalf of our donors. The distribution of funds will be guided by the following goals of the foundation: enhanced catholic identity: support expenditures by edmonton catholic schools that help to sustain and support the catholic message in ways that reson…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $985K | $968K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $908K | $925K | $914K | — | — | $781K |
| 2022 | $876K | $803K | $788K | — | — | $798K |
| 2021 | $781K | $773K | $759K | — | — | $725K |
| 2020 | $910K | $841K | $829K | — | — | $717K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $464K from 19 charities:
- Indigenous Reconciliation Fund$200K
- Fairway Legacy Foundation$90K
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund$41K
- Four M Charitable Foundation$25K
- Cam & Dawn Allard Family Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$12K
- The Highbury Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- Allard Foundation LTD.$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$6,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$3,440
- The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$3,200
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,804
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,696
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$1,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$100
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$274K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheryl Shinkaruk (director); Henry Yip (vice chair); Kelly Forner (secretary); Marc Barylo (executive director); Marie Whelan (director); Mary Molloy (treasurer); Mona-Lee Feehan (chair); Richard Spelliscy (director); Sandra Palazzo (director); Dale Johnson (director); Kevin Murphy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Catholic Schools Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817071442RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.