Lakeland Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Cold Lake, Alberta · BN 131376261RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,175,468) as filed with the CRA.
Lakeland Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Cold Lake, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,010.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $282K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Lakeland Christian School Society O/A Lakeland Christian Academy) is a local organization which is set up to run a christian school under the guidelines of Alberta Education. It allows students to pursue academic excellence as well as to develop spiritually and mentally.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $762K | $83K | — | $245K |
| 2023 | $657K | $654K | $401K | $73K | — | $107K |
| 2022 | $509K | $502K | $318K | $53K | $0 | $96K |
| 2021 | $407K | $336K | $231K | $39K | — | $168K |
| 2020 | $282K | $246K | $145K | $45K | $0 | $31K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,010 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$651K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Poirier (president); Allan Amensmann (treasurer secretary); Thomas Mckee (director); Emma Proch (director); Geoff Peckham (director); Oddmund Penner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakeland Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131376261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.