The Edmonton Space & Science Foundation
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107283236RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,653,093) as filed with the CRA.
The Edmonton Space & Science Foundation is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15.3M in revenue and $18.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 19% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $718K.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 91 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.3M in 2020 to $15.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
To promote and support the establishment development and administration of a science center and planetarium school and public schools offers and include : theatres ( imax and planetarium ) exhibit galeries adult extension courses science camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.3M | $18.7M | $10.9M | $478K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $19.8M | $19.6M | $12.3M | $516K | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $15.6M | $16.6M | $10M | $607K | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $8.6M | $11.6M | $6.8M | $553K | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $9.3M | $11.6M | $7.2M | $297K | — | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $718K from 12 charities:
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation$200K
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund$150K
- Indigenous Reconciliation Fund$125K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$89K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$78K
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres$45K
- Newell Family Foundation$15K
- Newell Family Foundation$10K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,211
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$105
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions91
- Total compensation, all staff$9.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell (chair); Scott Arndt (vice chair); Rachel Sanders (treasurer); Rachael McEachern (secretary); Mark Agnew (director); Robert De Guzman (director); Tim Fell (director); Harry Fuccaro (director); David Gantar (director); Jeffrey Gossain (director); Khushaal Karla (director); Shawn McMillan (director); Karen Mills (director); Jana Rieger (director); Michael Sharp (director); Teresa Yeager (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Edmonton Space & Science Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107283236RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.