The Red Deer Catholic Regional Division #39
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 808484620RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($122,102,157) as filed with the CRA.
The Red Deer Catholic Regional Division #39 is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 $117.3M in revenue and $122.1M 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 $13K.
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 highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 869 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $39K in 2024, the largest being $23K to The Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $117.3M | $122.1M | — | — | $39K | $17.5M |
| 2023 | $116.6M | $118.7M | — | — | — | $22.2M |
| 2022 | $115.5M | $115.3M | — | — | — | $24.3M |
| 2021 | $111.1M | $107.6M | — | — | — | $24.2M |
| 2020 | $107.8M | $108.6M | — | — | — | $20.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $39K to 13 qualified donees:
- The Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter Society$23K
- The Mustard Seed Foundation$5,773
- The Terry Fox Foundation$2,741
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$2,091
- Central Alberta Humane Society (for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)$1,353
- Red Deer Food Bank Society$1,299
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$700
- Saving Grace Animal Society$575
- ST John Bosco Parish of Clareview-Hermitage$500
- The Lord's Food Bank Rocky Mountain House Society$455
- Blackfalds Food Bank Society$346
- Hope Mission$200
- Compassionate Care Hospice Society (2016)$115
Received $13K 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 positions869
- Total compensation, all staff$93.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Finnigan Finnigan (superintendant); Laurel Latka (secretary-treasurer); Anne Marie Watson (trustee); Cynthia Leyson (trustee); Murray Hollman (trustee); Kim Pasula (trustee); Dorraine Lonsdale (trustee); Sharla Heistad (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Red Deer Catholic Regional Division #39’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808484620RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.