Saskatoon Trades and Skills Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 815343090RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,609,065) as filed with the CRA.
Saskatoon Trades and Skills Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Saskatoon trades and skills centre inc. Addresses the needs of saskatoon and are employers for skilled workers by offering courses to prepare youth and young adults for employment and career opportunities in the trades.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$485K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Pollard (director); Crystal Duncan (vice-chair); Dave Peters (director); James Woods (director); Brent Hills (chair); Emily Gabor (secretary); Brent Mareschal (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saskatoon Trades and Skills Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815343090RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.