Webber Academy Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891804767RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($29,722,305) as filed with the CRA.
Webber Academy Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $30.1M in revenue and $29.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 112 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.6M in 2024, the largest being $3.6M to West Aspen Holdings Ltd.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Webber academy foundation operates a private school offering instruction for above average to gifted children from junior kindergarten through grade twelve
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.1M | $29.7M | $20.7M | — | $3.6M | -$1.1M |
| 2023 | $28.1M | $37.4M | $18.1M | — | $13.2M | -$1.5M |
| 2022 | $24.6M | $24M | $18.6M | — | $3.2M | $7.9M |
| 2021 | $22.8M | $22.4M | $17.1M | — | $2.9M | $7.2M |
| 2020 | $22.7M | $22.4M | $16.9M | — | $2.9M | $6.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.6M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $47K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions112
- Total compensation, all staff$16.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Irene Besse (director); Douglas Demetrick (director); Joan Dunne (director); Gordon Forbes (director); Valerie Prather (director); Gerard Protti (director); James Stobie (director); Lorne Webber (chairman).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Webber Academy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891804767RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.