The Medicine Hat Christian School Society
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 107687725RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($586,137) as filed with the CRA.
The Medicine Hat Christian School Society is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, 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 $897K in revenue and $586K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The cahrity through the collection of fees donations and government funding provides education with a christ centred focus to preschool to grade 9 students in medicine hat and surrounding area. The school operates under the medicien hat school district #76 as a christian alternative school in a facility owned and maintained by the charity.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $897K | $586K | $511K | $1,242 | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $914K | $799K | $707K | $16 | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $748K | $558K | $464K | $425 | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $769K | $586K | $467K | $650 | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $784K | $611K | $541K | $1,100 | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$176K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Hills (chair); Mandy Reinhardt (society executive member); Trevor Coehoorn (secretary/treasurer); Joe Grove (society executive direct); Paul Aasman (society executive direct); Shannon Rattai (society executive direct); Nathan Coehoorn (society executive direct).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Medicine Hat Christian School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107687725RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.