Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118894070RR0003 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($580,693,671) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $584.4M in revenue and $580.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $219K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 2,683 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The mission of the edmonton catholic separate school division is to provide a catholic education that inspires students to learn and that prepares them to live fully and to serve god in one another.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $584.4M | $580.7M | $563.6M | $130K | — | $74.3M |
| 2023 | $554.5M | $554.6M | $539.2M | $99K | — | $70.6M |
| 2022 | $526.2M | $528.4M | $125.3M | — | $1,500 | $94.9M |
| 2021 | $529.9M | $505M | $105.1M | — | $770 | $97.1M |
| 2020 | $506.5M | $502.1M | $100.8M | — | $900 | $72.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $219K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2,683
- Total compensation, all staff$454.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Thibert (trustee); Debbie Engel (trustee); Terry Harris (trustee); Sandra Palazzo (chair); Arlene Mutala (trustee); Lisa Turchansky (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118894070RR0003), or read how we compute the receipt.