The Living Waters Catholic Separate School Division
Publicly funded institution · Whitecourt, Alberta · BN 861836591RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($30,902,042) as filed with the CRA.
The Living Waters Catholic Separate School Division is a charitable organization based in Whitecourt, 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 $31M in revenue and $30.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 193 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Deliver education programs to elementary and secondary students as per Alberta Education guidelines.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31M | $30.9M | — | — | — | $11.2M |
| 2023 | $29.9M | $27.8M | — | — | — | $11.2M |
| 2022 | $34.5M | $32M | — | — | — | $9.2M |
| 2021 | $31.1M | $29.3M | — | — | — | $6.6M |
| 2020 | $28.1M | $28.2M | $0 | $11K | — | $4.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 4 charities:
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
- $160,000–199,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions193
- Total compensation, all staff$17.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gemma Christie (trustee); Eva Kuefler (chair); Stephen Muise (trustee); Elizabeth Waselenak (trustee); David Willsher (trustee); Jeanine Willsher (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Living Waters Catholic Separate School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861836591RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.