South Side Christian School
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 818682676RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,023,348) as filed with the CRA.
South Side Christian School is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 $1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government, 27% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $546K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To offer a balanced quality christian education for children in kindergarten to grade 9 that incorporates physical mental moral social and vocational components; and embraces seventh-day adventist denominational standards and ideals recognizing god as the source of all moral values and truth. Primary emphasis is given to character development and to laying a strong spiritual foundaiton for its children and youth. South side christian school's mission is to strive for academic social physical and emotional excellence through cooperation inspiration patience and enthusiasm.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1M | $750K | $5,136 | — | $4,179 |
| 2023 | $740K | $715K | $586K | $6,334 | — | $8,925 |
| 2022 | $620K | $603K | $482K | $3,009 | — | -$15K |
| 2021 | $594K | $531K | $421K | $1,239 | — | -$32K |
| 2020 | $546K | $522K | $418K | $3,142 | — | -$95K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 1 charity:
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$67K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$732K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeff Potts (president); Keith Richter (treasurer); Brent Van Rensburg (assoc superintendent of educat); Jennifer Williams (human resources); Melissa Cook (secretary); Gail Wilton (superintendent of education).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Side Christian School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 818682676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.