The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106831118RR0004 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($673,478,746) as filed with the CRA.
The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division 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 $681.2M in revenue and $673.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $167K.
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 position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 4,822 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 53 qualified donees totalling $128K in 2024, the largest being $53K to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Education as governed by the education act 2012 chapter e-0.3. Education act replaced the school act revised statues of alberta chaper s-3 effective september 1 2019.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $681.2M | $673.5M | $650.6M | $665K | $159K | $41.4M |
| 2023 | $638.4M | $638.9M | $618.2M | $453K | $165K | $33.1M |
| 2022 | $612.5M | $610.7M | $591.9M | $518K | $196K | $62.7M |
| 2021 | $615.6M | $609.6M | $591.4M | $89K | $113K | $60.6M |
| 2020 | $606.9M | $612.8M | $591M | $503K | $149K | $54.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $128K to 53 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$53K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$8,781
- RC Diocese of Calgary$7,089
- Chalice (Canada)$5,807
- Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary$4,561
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch Poppy Fund$4,129
- RC Diocese of Calgary$3,680
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$3,183
- Veterans Association Food Bank$2,941
- The Mustard Seed Street Church (edmonton)$2,709
- Kid's Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta$2,700
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$2,699
- Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre LTD.$2,692
- Calgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,191
- Airdrie Food Bank$1,871
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$1,811
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$1,800
- RC Diocese of Calgary$1,662
- Faith Food Bank Society$1,429
- Canadian Cancer Society$1,308
- Inn From the Cold Society$1,000
- Global Message of Hope Mission International Ministry of Calgary$842
- Miskanawah Community Services Association$834
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Foundation$796
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$755
Received $167K from 13 charities:
- Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary$70K
- Cidel Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$16K
- The Calgary Foundation$11K
- CWB Welding Foundation$7,435
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,444
- Thumb Switch for Life$4,000
- The Calgary Foundation$2,055
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,533
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$621
- The Calgary Foundation$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9998 positions
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4,822
- Total compensation, all staff$537.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shannon Cook (chair); Myra D'Souza (trustee); Lory Fontana-Lovinelli (vice chair); Mary Martin (trustee); Linda Wellman (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106831118RR0004), or read how we compute the receipt.