Religious Education Activities for Life (Real) Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 866371339RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,661) as filed with the CRA.
Religious Education Activities for Life (Real) Foundation is a charitable organization based in Sherwood Park, 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $52K in revenue and $2,661 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5,760 in 2020 to $52K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Religious Education Activities for Life (REAL) Foundation continues to provide financial support for the faith development activities for students and staff of Elk Island Catholic Schools (EICS) in the communities of Camrose Fort Saskatchewan Strathcona County and Vegreville Alberta. These activities include but are not limited to religious education in-services for school staff motivational/spiritual speakers and presentations in all schools religious retreats for staff and students and religious conferences in student leadership and faith formation. None of the preceding activitie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $2,661 | $36K | $21K | — | $47K |
| 2023 | $47K | $57K | $35K | — | — | $53K |
| 2022 | $50K | $53K | $31K | — | — | $64K |
| 2021 | $41K | $39K | $22K | $15K | — | $69K |
| 2020 | $5,760 | $25K | $23K | $653 | — | $60K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,000 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Kornder (director - chair); James Retallack (director - treasurer); Dave Skuban (director); Kevin Baska (director); Raymond Cyre (director); Jocelyn Mouyois (director - communications); Lisa Wispinski (director - secretary); Donald Marceau (director); Theresa Guerin (director - communications).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Religious Education Activities for Life (Real) Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866371339RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.