Mennonite Educational Society of Calgary
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 134609825RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,181,996) as filed with the CRA.
Mennonite Educational Society of Calgary 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $54K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $904 in 2024, the largest being $519 to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Mennonite Educational Society of Calgary is a local organization which is setup to run an elementary and secondary school. It allows students to pursue academic excellence as well as to develop spiritually and mentally. The Mennonite Educational Society of Calgary is incorporated under the Alberta societies Act as a not-for-profit organization and is a registered charity under the income tax act. It operates as an Alternative School Program under Palliser Regional School Division No 26.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $896K | $0 | $904 | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $0 | $576 | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $949K | $0 | $1,529 | $4.7M |
| 2021 | $833K | $911K | $845K | — | $865 | $4.6M |
| 2020 | $852K | $904K | $818K | — | $1,628 | $4.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $904 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $54K from 3 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$370K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Graham Thiessen (treasurer); Keith Humphys (chairperson); Bernard Potvin (director); Caleb Kowalko (director); William Christieson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mennonite Educational Society of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134609825RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.