Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107554321RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,712,308) as filed with the CRA.
Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 14% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $493K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Junior achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students about work readiness entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential hands-on programs. We are in 118 countries around the world and reach over 10 million students per year. At junior achievement of northern alberta & nwt we reach over 30 000 students per year from grades 3 -12. This is possible through a partnership between the business community educators and volunteers who work together to inspire young people to reach their dreams. Our approach allows volunteers to deliver our curricul…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $59K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $4,472 | — | $751K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $35K | — | $642K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $946K | $1,310 | — | $629K |
| 2020 | $1M | $756K | $576K | $6,692 | — | $368K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $493K from 14 charities:
- Junior Achievement of Canada$174K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$150K
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation$45K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$36K
- BenefAction Foundation$25K
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Education$15K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$10K
- The Mancap Foundation$10K
- Newell Family Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,471
- The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Society$5,000
- Aia High Fives for Kids Foundation$5,000
- McCoy Family Charity Foundation$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,113
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 positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$830K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rajan Bhatti (director); Jessica Culo (vice chair / director); Bryan Kwan (incoming counsel/directo); Shad Smereka (chair / director); Milka Vujanic (treasurer / director); Jeff Wright (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107554321RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.