The Board of Governors of Norquest College
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 866108145RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($170,825,000) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Governors of Norquest 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 $183.8M in revenue and $170.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $347K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 931 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $2,043 in 2024, the largest being $1,290 to The City of Edmonton Library Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $121M in 2020 to $183.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Norquest college is a comprehensive community college offering diploma certificate and a wide range of foundational and continuing education programs through multiple faculties and providing comprehensive student services to support adult learners
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $183.8M | $170.8M | $148.5M | $1.2M | — | $75.3M |
| 2023 | $153.8M | $144.7M | $127.3M | $1.1M | — | $58.6M |
| 2022 | $131.8M | $122.7M | $107.1M | $660K | — | $48.3M |
| 2021 | $118.2M | $111.8M | $96.6M | $515K | — | $44.7M |
| 2020 | $121M | — | $106.4M | $438K | $123.8M | $37M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,043 to 5 qualified donees:
Received $347K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9995 positions
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions931
- Total compensation, all staff$123.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Heron (chair); Tina Naqvi-Rota (public); Carolyn Campbell (president and ceo); Ama Dogbefou (student); Ashley Snape (public); Bradley Pickering (public); Chris Lavin (public); Dan Hugo (public); Jennifer Cleall (public); Jenny Adams (public); Joette Decore (public); June Parham (academic); Supriya James (public); Lawrence Andrews (student); Anthony Tabacchi (non-academic).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Governors of Norquest College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866108145RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.