The Grande Prairie School Division
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 107446841RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($113,182,157) as filed with the CRA.
The Grande Prairie School Division is a charitable organization based in Grande Prairie, 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 $112.2M in revenue and $113.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $24.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 999 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $20K to GPPSD Programs. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
School division that provides education programs for preschool to adult students. Donations to special high cost programs are encouraged.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $112.2M | $113.2M | — | — | $40K | $224.3M |
| 2023 | $110M | $109.2M | — | — | $34K | $15.6M |
| 2022 | $105.6M | $103M | — | — | $71K | $19M |
| 2021 | $100.7M | $95.5M | — | — | $107K | $16.4M |
| 2020 | $96.4M | $94.9M | — | — | $56K | $16.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 9 qualified donees:
- GPPSD Programs$20K
- Charles Spencer High School$8,000
- Derek Taylor Public School$5,290
- Aspen Grove School$2,500
- Hillside Community School$1,060
- Parkside School$1,000
- Maude Clifford Public School$1,000
- IV Macklin Public School$600
- Alexander Forbes School$100
Received $24 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions999
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joan Nellis (chair); Andre Ouellette (vice chair); Raymond Buziak (trustee); Rob Martin (trustee); Chris Johnston (trustee); Donna Koch (trustee); Alexander McDonald (superintendent); Ola Oladele (secretary treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grande Prairie School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107446841RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.