Maria Montessori Education Centre of Calgary Ltd.
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 812080463RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,143,995) as filed with the CRA.
Maria Montessori Education Centre of Calgary Ltd. 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 $4.6M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The school applies the montessori educational method to the toddler casa elementary and erdkinder/juniorhigh before and after care and extended care programs which is characterized by an emphasis on self-directedactivity on the part of the child and adapting the learning environment based on the child's development level. Fundraising ei executed through in-school fundraising events corporate donorship and a large scale annual fundraiser with live and silent auctions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $4.1M | $3.6M | $61K | — | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $4.2M | $3.6M | $59K | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.5M | $3.4M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.3M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $2.9M | $2.8M | $7,326 | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Servejit Massey (president/board chair); Catharina Undheim (treasurer & director); Chad McCormick (director); Kathryn Maclellan (director); Robert Lassu (director); Frida Emri (director); Jenson Tan (director); Jennifer Farnell (director); Andre Shoucri (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Maria Montessori Education Centre of Calgary Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812080463RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.