Red Deer Society
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 107576621RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,757,153) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer Society 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,962.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,600 in 2024, the largest being $3,600 to Koinonia Christian Education Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The koinonia Christian School Red Deer Society is a local organization which is set up to run an elementary and secondary Christian school under the guidelines of Alberta Learning. It allows students to pursue academic excellence as well as to develop spiritually and mentally.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $3.8M | $3.5M | $35K | $3,600 | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4M | $3.6M | $71K | $4,751 | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $105K | $4,050 | $3M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $3.3M | $3M | $91K | $3,800 | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3M | $126K | $400 | $692K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,600 to 1 qualified donee:
- Koinonia Christian Education Society$3,600
Received $5,962 from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,562
- Edson Alliance Church$2,400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dave Neufeld (director); Juan Arias (chairman); Conrand Tycholaz (vice chair); Michelle Elliot (treasurer); Shafer Parker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107576621RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.