The Calgary Board of Education
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106830128RR0002 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,564,307,341) as filed with the CRA.
The Calgary Board of Education is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $1.6B in revenue and $1.6B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $421K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9,154 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The calgary board of education (cbe) is an education institution registered as a charitable organization. The purpose of the cbe is to provide educational programs of study as outline in the alberta school act from kindergarten to grade 12 as well as offering continuing education programs for adults. As of september 2021 the cbe has partnered with educationmatters an organization that will handle donations and issuance of any applicable tax receipts. This partnership enables the cbe to continue receiving financial support for its programs and initiatives. In addition to the monetary dona…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6B | $1.6B | — | — | — | $136.6M |
| 2023 | $1.5B | $1.4B | — | — | — | $140.6M |
| 2022 | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1M | — | $204.5M |
| 2021 | $1.3B | $1.3B | — | — | — | $216.6M |
| 2020 | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.7M | — | $225M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $421K from 21 charities:
- Trellis Foundation for Community Impact$160K
- Olympic Heights School Parents Association$55K
- Bishop Pinkham Parents' Association$52K
- A.E. Cross Parents' Association$38K
- Killarney Parent Fundraising Society$32K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$30K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$16K
- The Calgary Foundation$10K
- Boardwalk Charitable Trust Fund$10K
- The Calgary Foundation$5,000
- The Calgary Foundation$4,184
- Canadian Home Economics Foundation$2,775
- The Calgary Foundation$2,640
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- German Canadian Male Chorus of Calgary$743
- The Calgary Foundation$535
- The Calgary Foundation$250
- The Calgary Foundation$250
- The Calgary Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9,154
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2B
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Hack (trustee); Susan Vukadinovic (trustee); Marilyn Dennis (trustee); Patricia Bolger (board chair); Nancy Close (board vice-chair); Charlene May (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Calgary Board of Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106830128RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.