861836591RR0001 — 0010
Registered — Whitecourt, AB — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 82/100
Financials: Revenue $29,076,096 · Expenditures $29,243,920
Living Waters Catholic Separate School Division is a publicly funded Alberta school authority operating Catholic schools in the Whitecourt-area region, which files as a registered charity under the CRA's advancement-of-education umbrella. The two 'critical' program-ratio flags on its scoring record are a T3010 filing artefact rather than a spending concern — 62% of its $29M budget goes to compensation because teaching staff salaries ARE the program for a school division.
Our Verdict: This is a publicly funded Catholic school division with 28 years of clean filings, stable trustee governance, disciplined compensation at or below peer norms, and healthy operating reserves. The dramatic-sounding program-ratio flag on its record is a known T3010 reporting quirk for Alberta school divisions — the real 'program' here is teacher compensation, which the filing reports in a different line than the program-spending field.