Rundle College Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107940892RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,172,395) as filed with the CRA.
Rundle College Society is a private foundation 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 $41.7M in revenue and $38.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 217 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to Rundle College Education Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Private school authority which provides a co-educational school for ecs to grade 12 in calgary. The organization also provides children an opportunity to obtain an education in a specialized environment suited to the needs of these children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41.7M | $38.2M | $30.1M | $324K | $1.7M | $15.9M |
| 2023 | $38M | $35.3M | $29.7M | $92K | $500K | $12.4M |
| 2022 | $34M | $31.9M | $27.7M | — | $500K | $9.7M |
| 2021 | $30.2M | $28.9M | — | — | $500K | $7.1M |
| 2020 | $29.1M | $28.5M | $24.5M | — | $500K | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.6M from 13 charities:
- Rundle College Education Foundation$1M
- ZLC Foundation$250K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$229K
- Norris Family Foundation$50K
- C&J Chan Foundation$25K
- The Calgary Foundation$11K
- The Robert and Tatiana Ritchie Foundation$10K
- The Read Family Foundation$10K
- Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso$7,500
- United Way of Calgary and Area$7,343
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$986
- Canadahelps Canadon$204
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
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions217
- Total compensation, all staff$25.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Burrows (vice-chair); Carrie Ferguson (director); Katherine Harmsworth (director); Shana Wolch (secretary); Dennis Locking (director); Iain McCorkindale (director); Mehri Salimova (treasurer); Eric Toews (treasurer); Jon McKenzie (director); Chris Chan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rundle College Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107940892RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.