The Wood Buffalo Educare Society
Publicly funded institution · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 891478083RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($326,886) as filed with the CRA.
The Wood Buffalo Educare Society is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $246K in revenue and $327K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,305.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Unique early intervention for children ages 3-5. We incorporate 1: early childhood development - stimulates thinking through play encourages exploration of feelings reinforces positive behavior promotes effective communication incorporates large and small muscle development promotes use and understanding of language. 2: speech language program - a language enriched environment provide language therapy measure progress. 3: family resource program - liaisons for families and community agencies building bridges between school and home host parent workshops 4: music program - aids in sequ…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $246K | $327K | $307K | $10K | — | $170K |
| 2023 | $257K | $348K | $313K | $20K | — | $251K |
| 2022 | $198K | $278K | $207K | $12K | — | $343K |
| 2021 | $265K | $286K | $170K | $15K | — | $422K |
| 2020 | $296K | $368K | $233K | $6,905 | — | $443K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,305 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$249K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trista Gillam (director); Chanel Pollard (president); Karly Anderson (vice-president); Maygen Gillingham (treasurer); Tiffany Hickey (secretary); Miranda Harper (director); Jennifer Raiche (director); Stacy Langdon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wood Buffalo Educare Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891478083RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.