River Valley School Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 130167406RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,382,611) as filed with the CRA.
River Valley School Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $8.9M in revenue and $7.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 20% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
River Valley School Society offers a quality hands on inquiry based education program for children preschool aged to Grade 6. Our progressive program is accredited through Alberta Education. River Valley School also operates an accredited licensed daycare program for 3 and 4 year olds as well as before and after school child care through our Kids Club program. River Valley School is the only school in Alberta that offers the Arrowsmith Program a scientific approach to help students overcome learning challenges. River Valley School nurtures every child's innate curiosity to ensure that the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.9M | $7.4M | $5.8M | $188K | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $7.7M | $7M | $5.7M | $68K | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $6.1M | $4.9M | $131K | — | $977K |
| 2021 | $7.2M | $6.1M | $4.8M | $71K | — | $488K |
| 2020 | $6M | $5.8M | $4.7M | $62K | — | -$615K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Lee (board chair); Jason Schultz (secretary); Scott Crews (director); Adam Phillips (director); Issac Wing (director); Tatum Woywitka (director); Jennifer Kelly (director); Piotr Pilarski (director); Ravinder Minhas (director); Cyril Elbers (director); Samantha Kolias-Gunn (director); Ranny Shibley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from River Valley School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130167406RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.