Varsity Community Association
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119282754RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,232,447) as filed with the CRA.
Varsity Community Association is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $625.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The varsity community association is a very active on a community level. Its community centre offers an out of school program and play-school for local children. The varsity community also offers soccer seniors programs tennis tai chi and various other
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $886K | $196K | — | $894K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $874K | $204K | — | $750K |
| 2022 | $988K | $1.1M | $782K | $156K | — | $691K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $644K | $215K | — | $765K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $672K | $248K | — | $708K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $625 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,99924 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$849K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bob Benson (president); Collin Newman (vice president); Jessica Jear (secreatary); Matt Deacon (treasurer); Mark Fewster (director of facilities); Jo Anne Atkins (civic affairs); Kyle Parrott (director of finance); Jay Pritchard (past president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Varsity Community Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119282754RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.