The Rocky View School Division
Publicly funded institution · Airdrie, Alberta · BN 107907750RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($314,170,082) as filed with the CRA.
The Rocky View School Division is a charitable organization based in Airdrie, 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 $314.7M in revenue and $314.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $180K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,620 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Educating the students in the rocky view school division. We engage all learners through meaningful and challenging experiences preparing them to understand adapt and successfully contribute to our changing global community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $314.7M | $314.2M | $304.9M | $199K | $90K | $30.7M |
| 2023 | $298.3M | $307.6M | — | — | $108K | $30.1M |
| 2022 | $293M | $302.3M | — | — | $98K | $54.6M |
| 2021 | $284.9M | $279.5M | $271.4M | $399K | $26K | $63.9M |
| 2020 | $272.3M | $271.4M | $262.8M | $988K | $209K | $58.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 12 qualified donees:
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$50K
- The Terry Fox Foundation$19K
- Airdrie Health Foundation$7,384
- Airdrie 1st Club$5,096
- The Chestermere Regional Food Bank Foundation$2,324
- Cochrane Food Bank Society$1,593
- Airdrie Food Bank$1,529
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society$523
- Cochrane and Area Humane Society$305
- Calgary Alpha House Society$300
- Cochrane Alliance Church$265
Received $180K from 10 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,620
- Total compensation, all staff$243.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Luterbach (superintendent of schools); Todd Brand (trustee); Fiona Gilbert (trustee); Norma Lang (chair); Shali Baziuk (trustee); Melyssa Bowen (trustee); Fred Burley (trustee); Judi Hunter (trustee); Shelley Kinley (vice-chair); Michel Guindon (associate superintendent busin).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rocky View School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107907750RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.