ST. Stephen's College
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 108042417RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,360,548) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Stephen's College 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $223K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Theological college engaged in graduate level theological education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $759K | — | — | $7M |
| 2023 | $969K | $1.2M | $605K | — | — | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $992K | $1.1M | $590K | — | — | $7.1M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1M | $487K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $497K | — | — | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $223K from 9 charities:
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$175K
- The United Church of Canada$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,610
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$6,535
- Wheaton Family Foundation$6,500
- Brooks United Church$2,500
- Abundance Canada$2,000
- South Alberta (japanese) Pastoral Charge$350
- Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church$100
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$730K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Gardner (member at large); Margaret Clark (member at large); Larry Derkach (chair); Jack Jervis (member at large); Winston PEI (member at large); Frederick Tappenden (principal and dean); Michael Phair (chancellor); Lianne Bouwmeester (recording secretary); Geoff Wilfong-Pritchard (senate chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Stephen's College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108042417RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.