The Verna J. Kirkness Education Foundation
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 822843629RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($426,714) as filed with the CRA.
The Verna J. Kirkness Education Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $368K in revenue and $427K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The verna j. Kirkness science and engineering program is offered through a number of universities across canada as a one week on campus research experience offering or sponsoring outreach mentoring programming and scholarships that connect indigenous students to pure and applied science technology engineering and math and increase their participation in these programs at canadian post-secondary institutions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $368K | $427K | $373K | $23K | — | $346K |
| 2023 | $33K | $93K | $40K | — | — | $404K |
| 2022 | $282K | $181K | $95K | — | — | $364K |
| 2021 | $63K | $56K | $35K | $85 | — | $843K |
| 2020 | $350K | $308K | $63K | $1,337 | — | $744K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$76K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tyson Macgillivray (board chair); Dede Derose (director); Laura Buller (director); John Lovell (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Verna J. Kirkness Education Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822843629RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.