West Island College Society of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 105645212RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,354,891) as filed with the CRA.
West Island College Society of Alberta 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 $20.7M in revenue and $18.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $425K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 110 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $8,518 in 2024, the largest being $1,940 to Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
West island college provides education to students grade 7-12 and follows the alberta program of studies for curriculum implementation. We also offer a french imersion stream for learning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.7M | $18.4M | $16.4M | $389K | $8,518 | $15.9M |
| 2023 | $18.6M | $17.2M | $15.8M | $105K | — | $13.5M |
| 2022 | $16M | $14.7M | $13.1M | $329K | $3,270 | $12.1M |
| 2021 | $15M | $13.9M | $12.4M | $315K | $2,130 | $10.8M |
| 2020 | $14.7M | $14M | $12.7M | $376K | $3,132 | $9.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8,518 to 17 qualified donees:
- Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary$1,940
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$1,033
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$908
- Polar Bears International (canada) Inc.$858
- Moose Hide Foundation$563
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$519
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch Poppy Fund$500
- Skipping Stone Scholarship Foundation$434
- Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities/Oeuvre Bon Depart de Canadian Tire$364
- Bear Valley Rescue Society$316
- The Calgary Foundation$300
- Water First Education and Training Inc.$199
- The Period Purse$169
- Veterans Association Food Bank$147
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$118
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada$75
- Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region$75
Received $425K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$127K
- Canadahelps Canadon$127K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$77K
- Totem Charitable Foundation$33K
- The Calgary Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Carthy Foundation$13K
- Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso$7,500
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation$5,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$3,234
- Calgary Flames Foundation$2,000
- Abundance Canada$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions110
- Total compensation, all staff$11M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Kaufiled (director); Torval Mork (director); Sean O'Connor (chair); Ellie Siebens (director); Andrew Tavender (director); Erin Corbett (head of school and ceo); Stacey McLean (director); Marta Dziech (director); Mark Boulay (director); Alexandra Burroughs (director); Jeremy Cheyne (director); Chris Gandhu (director); Al-Karim Moloo (director); Joshua Switzer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Island College Society of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105645212RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.