The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Publicly funded institution · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 106693047RR0021 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,992,411) as filed with the CRA.
The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church is a charitable organization based in Lacombe, 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 $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $90K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
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 12 that incorporates physical mental moral social and vocational components; and embraces seveth-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 foundation for its children and youth. Coralwood's mission is to provide a joyful and individualized learning environment that promotes independent thought and healthy living enables meaningful community involvement …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.5M | $12K | — | $469K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $13K | — | $395K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1M | $11K | — | $349K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $975K | $8,396 | — | $26K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $3,307 | — | -$513K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $90K from 7 charities:
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$27K
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$25K
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$22K
- Edmonton Mill Woods Seventh-day Adventist Church$8,203
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$4,117
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$3,918
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$43
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
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 Cooke (secretary); Gail Wilton (superintendent of education).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106693047RR0021), or read how we compute the receipt.