The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Publicly funded institution · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 106693047RR0035 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,318,087) 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 christianity. 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 $2.4M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government, 20% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $152 in 2024, the largest being $152 to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
To offer a balance quality christian education for children in kindergarten to grade 9 that incorporates physical mental moral social and vocational components: and embraces seventh-day adventist deminational standards and ideals recognizing god as the source of all moral values and truths. Primary emphasis is given to character development and to laying a strong spiritual foundation for its children and youth. The mission of college heights christian school is to nurture educate and equip students to positively impact their world for jesus christ.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $63K | $153 | $665K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $66K | $355 | $601K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $50K | $666 | $698K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $19K | — | $699K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $39K | $1,363 | $645K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $152 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $106K from 3 charities:
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 positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Dube (elected board member); Melanie Dudar (elected board member); Steven Gabrys (principal); Dean Gibson-Creary (elected board member); Donnalee Lehmann (elected board member); Elmer Mansanares (community church pastor); Devon McAfee (staff representative); Ken McPherson (elected board member); Joel Nichols (elected board member); Larissa Price (elected board member); Kim Proud (elected board member); Orlando Pule (college heights church pastor); Gail Wilton (superintendant).
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 106693047RR0035), or read how we compute the receipt.