Foothills School Division #38
Publicly funded institution · High River, Alberta · BN 107392565RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($102,140,015) as filed with the CRA.
Foothills School Division #38 is a charitable organization based in High River, 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 $101.8M in revenue and $102.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $161K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 959 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Providing public education for children in kindergarten and students in grades 1 through 12. The primary purpose of our charity is to achieve effective programs of the highest possible quality with the resources available.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $101.8M | $102.1M | — | — | — | $6.9M |
| 2023 | $97.3M | $98.4M | — | — | — | $7.3M |
| 2022 | $96.7M | $99.6M | — | — | — | $11.7M |
| 2021 | $94M | $96.2M | — | — | — | $14.6M |
| 2020 | $91.5M | $93.6M | — | — | — | $16.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $161K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions959
- Total compensation, all staff$76.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Theresa Letendre (board chair); Lisa Penzo (board vice chair); John Evans (trustee); Philip Irwin (trustee); John Molyneux (trustee); Sharon Nichols (trustee); Christopher Fuzessy (superintendent); Andrew Chipman (assistant superintendent).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Foothills School Division #38’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107392565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.