Gateway Society for Christian Education
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 131164519RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($28,509) as filed with the CRA.
Gateway Society for Christian Education is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 $21K in revenue and $29K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $919 in 2021 to $21K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society's goal is to support gateway christian school an alternative program within red deer public schools in fulfilling its mission to provide academic excellence through a christ-centered education equipping students to pursue lives of meaning and purpose. We are actively involved in fundraising monies which can be used to support gateway in fulfilling its mission and its distinct christian alternativeness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21K | $29K | $24K | $1,459 | — | $266K |
| 2023 | $30K | $52K | $46K | $809 | — | $274K |
| 2022 | $8,093 | $47K | — | $5,086 | — | $295K |
| 2021 | $919 | $25K | $19K | — | — | $335K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Gessleman (board member); Geannette Lehman (board member); Erlend Slatten (director); Cherilyn Strom (chair); Cory Kloss (secretary); Trish Robichaud (vice chair); Lauren Visser (treasurer); Melissa Kooiker (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gateway Society for Christian Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131164519RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.