The Prairie Centre for Christian Education
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 897903357RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($669,333) as filed with the CRA.
The Prairie Centre for Christian Education is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $682K in revenue and $669K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,480.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The prairie centre for christian education is an umbrella organization for member schools in the prairie provinces providing curriculum development leadership seminars individual school reviews and evaluations teacher workshps and conferences administrator workshops and conferences teacher and staff mediation services school board member training website resources and membership meetings.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $682K | $669K | $547K | — | — | $628K |
| 2023 | $733K | $707K | $652K | — | — | $615K |
| 2022 | $555K | $544K | $493K | — | — | $590K |
| 2021 | $485K | $533K | $487K | — | — | $580K |
| 2020 | $622K | $500K | $441K | — | — | $627K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,480 from 2 charities:
- Edudeo Ministries$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$480
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$395K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monica Loewen (chair); Jonathan Slomp (secretary); Leonard Houweling (chair); Kimberly Tuininga-Sybesma (director); Matthew Bekkering (director); Henry Algera (director); Dana Heshka (treasurer); Steven Devries (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Prairie Centre for Christian Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897903357RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.