Janus Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 889704144RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,314,284) as filed with the CRA.
Janus Academy Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $4.4M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $209K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The janus academy operates an independent school (grades 1 to 12) for children and youth with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The society also operates a summer camp program in the months of july and august
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.3M | $4.2M | $94K | — | $601K |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $4.1M | $3.9M | $79K | $0 | $513K |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.7M | $3.5M | $106K | — | $738K |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $3M | $129K | — | $961K |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $3M | $40K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $209K from 12 charities:
- The Prosser Charitable Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- The Calgary Foundation$23K
- Els For Autism Canada$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Unity for Autism$10K
- ATCO Electric Epic$8,200
- McCoy Family Charity Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,540
- Lily Street Foundation$1,000
- Obasi Children Foundation Ltd.$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carlene Chrumka (ceo); Servejit Massey (chair); Cecilia Chen (treasurer); Jennifer Tinkler-Chirvalu (secretary); Riley Dearden (director); Jeff Meidinger (director); Jake Surrey (director); Ying Wu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Janus Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889704144RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.