MCS Foundation LTD.
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107685620RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($660,547) as filed with the CRA.
MCS Foundation LTD. is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $711K in revenue and $661K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We provide an integrated christian education program for kindergarten to grade 9. The program is designed to nurture excellent character leadership academic and spiritual outcomes in students through the use of faith-based strategies value-rich role modelling by staff and parent partnership. The atmosphere of the community christian education program is characterized by acceptance appreciation respect and dependence upon each other.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $711K | $661K | $430K | $13K | $12K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $620K | $670K | $567K | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $365K | $483K | $389K | — | $500 | — |
| 2021 | $650K | $442K | $319K | — | $14K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $654K | $458K | $335K | — | $5,770 | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$22K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trudy Callaghan (executive director); Shaun Collins (director); Ron Laird (vice chair); Philip Nelson (secretary); Reginald Nordstrom (director); Elaine Reimer (treasurer); Brett Whittington (chairman); Connie Ohl (director); Alexis Markeli (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from MCS Foundation LTD.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107685620RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.