Grande Prairie Public School Division Education Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 888846037RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($169,369) as filed with the CRA.
Grande Prairie Public School Division Education Foundation is a public foundation based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. 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 $184K in revenue and $169K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $55K in 2024, the largest being $3,300 to . Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Grande prairie public school division education foundation is a community based effort to engage the community and raise awareness concerning public education as its accomplishment. 1) nutrition & wellness program - we support nutritional programs for student that do not have reliable nutrition sources and wellness initiatives supporting staff and students. 2) scholarships - we fund scholarships for post-secondary students who are going into career & technology studies as well as leadership and academic scholarships 3) striving for excellence dinner - a recognition event where we award appro…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $184K | $169K | $37K | $57K | $55K | $147K |
| 2023 | $152K | $166K | $16K | $32K | $55K | $133K |
| 2022 | $199K | $178K | $45K | $32K | $56K | $148K |
| 2021 | $196K | $197K | $66K | $31K | $52K | $126K |
| 2020 | $248K | $222K | $138K | $41K | $10K | $127K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $55K to 18 qualified donees:
- $3,300
- Ecole Montrose$3,300
- Roy Bickell Ublc School$3,300
- GP Christian School$3,300
- Crystal Park School$3,300
- Grande Prairie Compostie High School$3,300
- Charles Spencer High School$3,300
- Alexander Forbes School$3,300
- Riverstone Public School$3,300
- Swanavon School$2,800
- Bridge Network$2,800
- Parkside Montessori$2,800
- Maude Clifford Public School$2,800
- IV Macklin School$2,800
- Hilllside Community School$2,800
- Derek Taylor School$2,800
- Avondale School$2,800
- Aspen Grove School$2,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angus Sutherland (director); Dave McRae (director); Tim Burnham (director); Lesley Burake (chair); Brenda Howard (director); Rob Martin (vice chair); Sandy McDonald (director); Donna Koch (director); Colette Marcotte (diirector); Karen McGriskin (director); Oladele Ola (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grande Prairie Public School Division Education Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888846037RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.