The Wolf Creek School Division
Publicly funded institution · Ponoka, Alberta · BN 139975718RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($97,264,781) as filed with the CRA.
The Wolf Creek School Division is a charitable organization based in Ponoka, 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 $96.5M in revenue and $97.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 533 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Donations collected are utilized in the following manner: 1. Scholarship programs and initiatives and various schools and at the jurisdiction level 2. Learning and educational materials supplies and equipment for early childhood services programs and grade 1-12 instructional programs 3. Extra-curricular support for projects such as playground construction meal programs and athletic programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $96.5M | $97.3M | $94.6M | — | — | $8M |
| 2023 | $94.2M | $94.1M | $91.5M | — | — | $8.8M |
| 2022 | $92.6M | $92.2M | $89.7M | — | — | $13M |
| 2021 | $89M | $89.6M | $87M | — | — | $12.6M |
| 2020 | $86.9M | $87.7M | $84.8M | — | — | $13.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $39K from 9 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$15K
- CWB Welding Foundation$10K
- Abundance Canada$5,000
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,729
- ST-Mary's Anglican Church$500
- Clive Baptist Society for Christian Ministry$465
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$439
- The Western Communities Foundation$384
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions533
- Total compensation, all staff$75.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy De Ruyck (superintendent); Pobuda Kevin (secretary-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wolf Creek School Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139975718RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.