West Aspen Holdings Ltd.
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 706162526RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,463,795) as filed with the CRA.
West Aspen Holdings Ltd. 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 $12.7M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3.6M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.3M in 2020 to $12.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
West aspen holdings ltd. Owns the lands and buildings leased to webber academy foundation for its operations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.7M | $2.5M | $826K | — | — | $101.2M |
| 2023 | $20.1M | $2.4M | $927K | — | — | $91M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $73.3M |
| 2021 | $9.3M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $71M |
| 2020 | $8.3M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $63.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.6M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$49K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Desanti (chairman); Arthur Price (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Aspen Holdings Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 706162526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.