The Board of Trustees of the Red Deer Public School District No. 104
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 107879009RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($133,338,103) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Trustees of the Red Deer Public School District No. 104 is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 $133.8M in revenue and $133.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,350.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,045 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $41K to The Mustard Seed Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The purpose is to support our schools with their fund raising needs such as equipment for schools nutritional programs for students athletic programs for students support extracurricular activities support field trips etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $133.8M | $133.3M | $129.2M | $168K | $90K | $139M |
| 2023 | $125.8M | $126.8M | $122.9M | $133K | $73K | $120.1M |
| 2022 | $120.8M | $124M | $120.1M | $118K | $37K | $113M |
| 2021 | $121M | $120.2M | $116.7M | $67K | $33K | $118.5M |
| 2020 | $120.8M | $118.4M | $114.7M | $111K | $275K | $113.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 7 qualified donees:
Received $6,350 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,045
- Total compensation, all staff$104.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Buchanan (board chair); Angela Sommers (board vice chair); Beverly Manning (board trustee); Cathy Peacocke (board trustee); Matt Gould (board trustee); Dianne Macaulay (board trustee); Jim Watters (board trustee); Chad Erickson (superintendent of schools); Colin Cairney (secretarytreasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Trustees of the Red Deer Public School District No. 104’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107879009RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.