Ponoka Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Ponoka, Alberta · BN 134979699RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,993,010) as filed with the CRA.
Ponoka Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Ponoka, 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 $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 47% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operation of an independent private Christian School providing education to children from Kindergarten through Grade 9. Also provides a PreSchool program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $502K | $63K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $467K | $52K | $0 | $378K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $12K | — | $385K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $9,786 | $0 | $537K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$988K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jordan Vreugdenhil (chair); Greg Thalen (treasurer); Irwin VanEedenPetersman (director); Jenneke Feitsma (director); Carien Dominicus; Aaron Horne; Emily Sterk.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ponoka Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134979699RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.