The Big Sky Centre For Learning and Being Astonished Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 856039425RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($262,026) as filed with the CRA.
The Big Sky Centre For Learning and Being Astonished Inc. is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $356K in revenue and $262K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $86K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
A not-for-profit in regina saskatchewan working in inclusive communities to address barriers facing young adults with complex physical disabilities by creating opportunities for teaching and learning and social recreational and cultural engagement and for employment and housing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $356K | $262K | $247K | — | — | $641K |
| 2023 | $350K | $239K | $227K | — | — | $546K |
| 2022 | $253K | $206K | $194K | — | — | $436K |
| 2021 | $299K | $191K | $179K | — | — | $389K |
| 2020 | $283K | $215K | $204K | — | — | $280K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $86K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$193K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Taylor Carson (member at large); Nora Davis (member at large); Michael Dubnewick (member at large); Deneeca Ludwar (treasurer); Helen Pridmore (member at large); Nikita Rathwell (member at large); Brenda Rossow-Kimball (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Big Sky Centre For Learning and Being Astonished Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856039425RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.