Alberta Chinese Cultural Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 871041315RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($185,535) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Chinese Cultural Education Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $240K in revenue and $186K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 19% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
1) Antiracism Youth Workshops: supported by Canadian Race Relations Foundation 20 volunteers with 400 volunteer hours have not finished the report yet. One employee 2) Toastmaster-Youth Leadership Programs supported by Toastmaster International 15 volunteers with 500 volunteer hours no employee 3) Women in Motion-Swimming Against Stream supported by InMotion Network one employee three contracted Sport Instructors 4) preschool to Grade 7 Chinese classes: one employee with 8 contractors supported by AGLC 20 volunteers for about 400 volunteer hours 5) Other Academic programs for the y…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $240K | $186K | $139K | $0 | — | $86K |
| 2023 | $109K | $142K | $114K | — | — | $32K |
| 2022 | $165K | $101K | $81K | $2,398 | — | $65K |
| 2021 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$84K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Gu (president); Xiaozhou Zhang (secretary); Xiao Sun (program director); Xiaoou Wang (volunteer director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Chinese Cultural Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871041315RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.