Northwestern Polytechnic
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 118945492RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,917,468) as filed with the CRA.
Northwestern Polytechnic is a charitable organization based in Grande Prairie, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $75.3M in revenue and $72.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $482K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 372 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Providing post-secondary educational programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $75.3M | $72.9M | $66.6M | — | — | $49.8M |
| 2023 | $48.8M | $44.9M | $40.3M | — | — | $43.8M |
| 2022 | $60.3M | $59.1M | $53.1M | — | — | $41.3M |
| 2021 | $65.3M | $60.1M | $54.5M | — | — | $41.3M |
| 2020 | $69.6M | $67.5M | $61.2M | — | — | $35.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $482K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions372
- Total compensation, all staff$43.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shawna Miller (chair); Brent Cage (vice-chair); Cody Beairsto (public member); Jason Forbes (public member); Darlene Horseman (academic staff); Dennis Landis (public member); Andrew Pietsch (academic staff); Vanessa Sheane (president & ceo); Lydell Torgerson (public member); Ken Wittig (public member); Thomas Watts (vice-president administration); Danielle Strilaeff (director financial services).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northwestern Polytechnic’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118945492RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.