Southwest Horizon School Division
Publicly funded institution · Melita, Manitoba · BN 822814745RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($28,027,054) as filed with the CRA.
Southwest Horizon School Division is a charitable organization based in Melita, Manitoba, 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 $28.4M in revenue and $28M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 305 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $38K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Melita School. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
We ask for funds for scholarships and school based programs such as band programs p[layground upgrades sports and vocational education. We support school based programs only.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.4M | $28M | — | — | $38K | $14M |
| 2023 | $28.2M | $27.1M | $16K | — | $16K | $13.6M |
| 2022 | $27.4M | $26.8M | $9,150 | — | $9,150 | $12.7M |
| 2021 | $26.6M | $26M | $7,542 | — | $7,542 | $12.1M |
| 2020 | $26.4M | $24.5M | $9,030 | — | $9,030 | $11.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38K to 6 qualified donees:
- Melita School$25K
- Waskada School$3,515
- Souris School$3,150
- Pierson School$2,835
- Deloraine School$2,465
- Wawaneas School$500
Received $69K from 11 charities:
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$15K
- The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc.$10K
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$7,350
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$7,350
- United Way Of Brandon & District Inc.$7,100
- Place2Give Foundation$7,000
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$6,600
- Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba Inc.$5,400
- The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Souris Glenwood Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$700
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- $80,000–119,99911 positions
- $40,000–79,99958 positions
- $1–39,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions305
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Zabowski (secretary-treasurer); Stephanie Emberly (superintendent).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southwest Horizon School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822814745RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.