The Chinook's Edge School Division
Publicly funded institution · Innisfail, Alberta · BN 140673708RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($138,280,214) as filed with the CRA.
The Chinook's Edge School Division is a charitable organization based in Innisfail, 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 $139.2M in revenue and $138.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 1,409 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $3,460 to Canadian Cancer Society.
In its own words
Provide equipment for students and the community nutritional programs athletic programs educational trips and motivational and inspirational programs and speakers for students along with offering scholarships for students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $139.2M | $138.3M | $138M | — | $11K | $21.7M |
| 2023 | $130.6M | $130.4M | $130.1M | $307K | — | $20.8M |
| 2022 | $134.2M | $130.9M | $130.6M | $330K | $7,374 | $20.1M |
| 2021 | $129.3M | $129.4M | $129.2M | $201K | $9,714 | $20M |
| 2020 | $125.6M | $126.2M | $125.9M | $310K | $15K | $20.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 11 qualified donees:
- Canadian Cancer Society$3,460
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$2,210
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1,200
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$960
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$750
- Plan International Canada Inc.$540
- Sylvan Lake Christmas Bureau$400
- Wounded Warriors Canada$375
- World Vision Canada$351
- Movember Canada$215
- Canadahelps Canadon$100
Received $51K from 11 charities:
- Elnora & District Agricultural Society$30K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$3,231
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,824
- The Cremona and District Community Chest$1,043
- Didsbury Pastoral Charge Knox United Church$700
- Didsbury Pastoral Charge Knox United Church$700
- Zion Emc Fellowship Didsbury$600
- Didsbury Pastoral Charge Knox United Church$500
- Didsbury Pastoral Charge Knox United Church$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,409
- Total compensation, all staff$86.6M
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 Chinook's Edge School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140673708RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.