The Peace Wapiti School Division
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 139713382RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($93,613,041) as filed with the CRA.
The Peace Wapiti 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 $92.4M in revenue and $93.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 555 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $26K in 2024, the largest being $21K to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To provide education services including early childhood services and grade 1-12 in northwestern Alberta
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $92.4M | $93.6M | $89.6M | $827K | $32K | $12.4M |
| 2023 | $88M | $90.1M | $86.5M | $592K | $28K | $13.7M |
| 2022 | $88.4M | $89M | $85.8M | $294K | $23K | $20.8M |
| 2021 | $86.5M | $85.2M | $82.3M | $167K | $7,803 | $21.5M |
| 2020 | $80.3M | $81.5M | $78.3M | $358K | $58K | $20.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $26K to 9 qualified donees:
Received $26K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions555
- Total compensation, all staff$68.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dana Mc Intosh (trustee); Wendy Kelm (trustee); Stefanie Clarke (trustee); Dale Crane (trustee); Lori Grant (board chair); Martine Piebiak (trustee); Blaine Riding (trustee); Dwayne Speager (trustee); Mildred Turner (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Peace Wapiti School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139713382RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.