The Ffca Charter School Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891372369RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($47,392,685) as filed with the CRA.
The Ffca Charter School Society 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 $47M in revenue and $47.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,337.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 218 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,054 in 2024, the largest being $1,054 to The Terry Fox Foundation.
In its own words
The Society delivers educational programs operating as The FFCA Charter School Society (the 'Society') under the authority of the Education Act 2012 Chapter E 0.3 (formerly School Act). Through a charter established with the Minister of Education the Society operates a charter school from eight locations. The campuses provide education from kindergarten to Grade 12.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47M | $47.4M | $45.6M | $267K | — | $62.6M |
| 2023 | $51.8M | $44.2M | — | $329K | — | $50.3M |
| 2022 | $40.8M | $39M | $37.7M | $160K | $2,524 | $17.9M |
| 2021 | $38.3M | $37.4M | $36.2M | $277K | $2,266 | $20.4M |
| 2020 | $35.3M | $35M | — | $211K | $8,470 | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,054 to 1 qualified donee:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1,054
Received $7,337 from 2 charities:
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
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions218
- Total compensation, all staff$31.4M
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 Ffca Charter School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891372369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.