Pretty River Academy
Publicly funded institution · Collingwood, Ontario · BN 871442398RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,559,614) as filed with the CRA.
Pretty River Academy is a charitable organization based in Collingwood, Ontario, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization operates an independent school in collingwood ontario for students from kindergarten to grade eight.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.9M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.1M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $3M | $1.9M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.1M | — | — | $514K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeremy Creed (chairperson); Brendan Pennylegion (treasurer); Mary Riopelle (secretary); Selina Eizik (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pretty River Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871442398RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.