Wood Buffalo Society for Christian Education
Charitable organization · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 141132696RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($231,185) as filed with the CRA.
Wood Buffalo Society for Christian Education is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $268K in revenue and $231K in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,325.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $178 in 2024, the largest being $178 to Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operates a privately run program emphasizing christian morals and beliefs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $268K | $231K | $181K | $30K | $854 | $617K |
| 2023 | $200K | $184K | $143K | $18K | — | $580K |
| 2022 | $159K | $153K | $132K | $3,413 | — | $563K |
| 2021 | $228K | $236K | $200K | $8,699 | — | $557K |
| 2020 | — | — | $95K | $15K | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $178 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $8,325 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christine Gogolinski (chair); Tony Williams (treasurer); Eric Benner (stakeholder relations); Dennis Vroom (director); Kelly Ralph (fundraising); Melissa Walker (public relations); Jennifer Goodrich (sec. ed. advancement); Shelby Rowe (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wood Buffalo Society for Christian Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141132696RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.