Skills Canada Alberta Association
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 140171729RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,491,248) as filed with the CRA.
Skills Canada Alberta Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $429K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $5.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
1. The promotion of skilled trade and technologies to alberta youth. Skills canada alberta holds a provincial skills competition where youth are able to showcase their skills and compete against other youth similar in age in a trade of their choice. 2. Girls exploring trades and technology conference is a day long event that provides young women to opportunity to explore numerous trades and technology careers available in today's employment market.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.5M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $4.3M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $3M | $1.5M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $1.1M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2M | $509K | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $429K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ray Massey (president); Sheldon Anderson (treasurer); Matt Lindberg (director); Dave King (vice-president); Patricia Nelson (secretary); Keith Sedlick (director); Malcolm Haines (director); Jim Szautner (director); Glenn Van't Wout (vice president); Dennis Beaudoin (director); Peter Keith (director); Brad Bent (director); Moore Donald (director); Cheryl Harrison (director); Tony Shmruyk; David Pye.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Skills Canada Alberta Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140171729RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.