The Buffalo Trail School Division
Publicly funded institution · Wainwright, Alberta · BN 140673757RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($225,903) as filed with the CRA.
The Buffalo Trail School Division is a charitable organization based in Wainwright, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $226K in revenue and $226K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,592.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $416K in 2020 to $226K in 2024.
In its own words
Operates 27 Schools grades ECS to twelve within The Buffalo Trail School Division - 70% support of Schools and education (example - parent / teacher groups) and 30% Public Schools and Board.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $226K | $226K | $226K | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $241K | $241K | $241K | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2022 | $189K | $189K | $189K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $182K | $182K | $182K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $416K | $416K | $416K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,592 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Buffalo Trail School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140673757RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.