Hillcrest Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 131196206RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($606,288) as filed with the CRA.
Hillcrest Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Grande Prairie, 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 $524K in revenue and $606K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We operate a category 1 Private School open to the public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $524K | $606K | $539K | — | — | $270K |
| 2023 | $630K | $563K | $500K | — | — | $352K |
| 2022 | $587K | $639K | $588K | — | — | $286K |
| 2021 | $729K | $624K | $580K | — | — | $339K |
| 2020 | $595K | $488K | $447K | — | — | $138K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $0 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$492K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sharon Ambros (chair); Calvin Smith (secretary treasurer); Elaine Isaac (director); Daniel Giesbrecht-Hildebrand (director); Brittany Smith-Giesbrecht (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hillcrest Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131196206RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.