The Calgary Jewish Academy
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106830797RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,476,429) as filed with the CRA.
The Calgary Jewish Academy 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 $5M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 42% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $146K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The calgary jewish academy is a private religious school which offers a dual program the alberta education curriculum and the judaics program. The main goal is to enhance religious educational programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $4.5M | $1.7M | $7,577 | — | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $4.9M | $2M | $20K | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $5M | $1.9M | $8,813 | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $2M | $12K | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $5.1M | $4.9M | $1.9M | $5,739 | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $146K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Calgary Jewish Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106830797RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.