Progressive Academy Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 106779960RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,788,600) as filed with the CRA.
Progressive Academy Education Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $7M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,368.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operation of a private school with Kindergarten through Grade 12. Operation of community oriented educational programs including daycare preschool out-of-school care tutoring and summer camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $5.8M | $5.4M | — | — | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5.4M | $4.9M | — | — | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.9M | $4.6M | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3.5M | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.7M | — | — | $4.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,368 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,368
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
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$4.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
C-Anne Robertson (president); Micheal Kennedy (director); Katherine McKinnon (secretary-treasurer); Chris Watt (director); Russell Weir (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Progressive Academy Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106779960RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.