Red Deer Polytechnic
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 107878704RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($118,541,458) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer Polytechnic is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $121.3M in revenue and $118.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 724 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $2,012 in 2024, the largest being $750 to ST John Council for Alberta. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
All red deer polytechnic (rdp) programs are educational. The polytechnic offers academic upgrading pre-employment apprenticeship certificate diploma and bachelor degree programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $121.3M | $118.5M | $105.3M | — | $17K | $66.8M |
| 2023 | $106.8M | $104.4M | $93.2M | — | $3,915 | $59.5M |
| 2022 | $97.7M | $93.6M | $83.5M | — | $800 | $54.7M |
| 2021 | $91.5M | $90.5M | $80.6M | — | $1,330 | $56.7M |
| 2020 | $97.4M | $99.9M | — | — | $850 | $56.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,012 to 11 qualified donees:
- ST John Council for Alberta$750
- Central Alberta Humane Society (for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)$359
- Tails of Help$250
- Canadahelps Canadon$200
- Red Deer Hospice Society$153
- The Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50
- Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories$50
- Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre$50
- University Hospitals Foundation$50
- Canadian Mental Health Association-Edmonton Region$50
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$50
Received $7.3M from 13 charities:
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$4M
- The Red Deer College Foundation$1.9M
- The Joyce Family Foundation$1M
- Prairie Bible Institute$339K
- Alberta Conservation Association$28K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$25K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$10K
- History & Heroes Foundation$4,500
- Calgary Flames Foundation$3,000
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$3,000
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$2,500
- Red Deer Twilight Homes Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$445
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions724
- Total compensation, all staff$71.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart Cullum (president); Laurel Corbiere (secretary of the board).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer Polytechnic’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107878704RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.