The Board of Trustees of Elk Island Public Schools
Publicly funded institution · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 892799560RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($211,118,799) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Trustees of Elk Island Public Schools is a charitable organization based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $214.3M in revenue and $211.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,381 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Elk island public schools provides programs to students which will enhance their educational experience.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $214.3M | $211.1M | $204.4M | $138K | — | $11.5M |
| 2023 | $199.2M | $204.6M | $197M | $163K | — | $8.3M |
| 2022 | $191.7M | $193.3M | $187.7M | $73K | — | $22.7M |
| 2021 | $193.9M | $187.8M | $182.9M | $23K | — | $24.4M |
| 2020 | $185.4M | $186.9M | $179.2M | $152K | — | $18.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $39K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,381
- Total compensation, all staff$155.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trina Boymook (board trustee); Cathy Allen (board chair); Colleen Holowaychuk (board trustee); Susan Miller (board vice-chair); Ralph Sorochan (board trustee); Don Irwin (board trustee); Randy Footz (board trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Trustees of Elk Island Public Schools’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892799560RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.