Red Deer Public School District Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 119112522RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($388,600) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer Public School District Foundation is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $396K in revenue and $389K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
There are 6 main focus projects: - the bright start program which provides support resources and services to benefit pre-kindergarten children who are identified as being in need but are not eligible for provincial funding. - the reading collefe program provides special programming to students who by the end of grade two are identified as struggling with literacy by their teachers. These students also attend a summer literacy program in july. - the finish line program provides students who are no longer attending high school with the support resources and services they need to complete the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $396K | $389K | $59K | $267K | — | $766K |
| 2023 | $434K | $485K | $433K | — | — | $759K |
| 2022 | $344K | $271K | $235K | — | — | $810K |
| 2021 | $351K | $270K | $216K | — | — | $707K |
| 2020 | $398K | $280K | $236K | — | — | $656K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$84K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Buchanan (trustee liason); Jason Brunner (treasurer); Kevin Shilling (community representative); Kelly Brand (ata representative); Jaelene Tweedle (vice chair); Greg Tisdale (community representative); Kristine Plastow (chair); Morris Flewwelling (community representative); Chad Erickson (superintendent of schools).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer Public School District Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119112522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.