New Heights School and Learning Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 888945722RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,300,749) as filed with the CRA.
New Heights School and Learning Services Society 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 $6.2M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $140K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 93 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
K - 12 school program for ages 5 - 20 who are on the autism spectrum or have similar learning differences. Regular home support program to build capacity in parents of pre-school children or have similar learning differences. Transition ti adulthood addresses the gap in services and support that often comes following the completion of high school.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.2M | $5.3M | $3.9M | $27K | — | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $5M | $3.7M | — | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.5M | $3M | $7,977 | — | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $2.7M | $10K | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $3.9M | $2.6M | $8,089 | — | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $140K from 8 charities:
- Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund$85K
- Els For Autism Canada$20K
- The Prosser Charitable Foundation$13K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,883
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,774
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$140
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions93
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Lepine (chairman); David Hall (treasurer); Paul Lopes (member); Karen Unger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from New Heights School and Learning Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888945722RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.