Westmount Charter School Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891145138RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,596,889) as filed with the CRA.
Westmount Charter School Society 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 $17M in revenue and $17.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $115K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 100 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $3,724 in 2024, the largest being $1,537 to Canadian Cancer Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operation of westmount charter school an independent public charter school under the terms of the charter granted by the alberta minister of education. During 2023/24 school year westmount charter school offered educational designated for gifted students in grades k-12.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17M | $17.6M | $16.8M | — | $3,727 | $906K |
| 2023 | $16.3M | $17M | $16.2M | — | $5,539 | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $16.4M | $16M | $15.3M | — | $2,632 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $16.2M | $16.1M | $15.4M | — | $2,826 | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $15.5M | $15.6M | $14.9M | — | $830 | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,724 to 7 qualified donees:
Received $115K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions100
- Total compensation, all staff$12.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Simon Corrin (director); Peter Khu (director); Tun Myo (director); Myrtle Sproule (director); Uthpala Tennakoon (director); Kimberley Bufton (director); David Holland (director); Justin Wang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westmount Charter School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891145138RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.