The Company of the Cross (alberta)
Publicly funded institution · Warburg, Alberta · BN 108024217RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,874,719) as filed with the CRA.
The Company of the Cross (alberta) is a public foundation based in Warburg, 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, 2020, it reported $45K in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 946 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $2.8M in 2020, the largest being $1.6M to Saint John's School of Alberta Legacy Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
As a public foundation the company of the cross awarded grants to canadian charitable organizations that met the following criteria: a) advance and teach the religous tenets doctrines and observations of the christian faith; b) relieve poverty by providing basic amenities including food clothing and shelter to the poor and needy by both christian charities and other charities; c) advance education for youth through scholarships and other programs. Our foundation has applied for voluntary windup and has made grants to other registered charitable organizations to bring out assets to $0 as…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $45K | $2.9M | $66K | — | $2.8M | $11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Granted $2.8M to 5 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2020)
Barbara Belch (director); Jason Coates (director); David Hunt (director); Mark Hutchison (chairman and director); Peter Jackson (director); Steve Macintyre (director); Barbara McKay (director); Robert Savin (director); Michael Williamson (director).
As listed on its 2020 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Company of the Cross (alberta)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108024217RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.