STEM Innovation Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 797610060RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,451,828) as filed with the CRA.
STEM Innovation Academy Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $12.8M in revenue and $12.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,243.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 72 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to National Music Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.5M in 2022 to $12.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Stem innovation academy society delivers education programs under the authority of the alberta education act 2012 chapter e.0.3.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.8M | $12.5M | $12.4M | — | — | $115K |
| 2023 | $9M | $8.6M | $8.5M | — | — | $177K |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $4.5M | $4.3M | — | — | -$277K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2,243 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions72
- Total compensation, all staff$6.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dee-Ann Radford Evans (chairperson); Michael McIntosh (director); Brent Bieber (director); David Arthur (director); Sean McLean (director); Jennifer Aubin (director); Ron Liepert (director); Kees De Ridder (director); Rebecca Ostrikoff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from STEM Innovation Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 797610060RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.