Calgary Learns Association
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 139605000RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,184,098) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Learns Association is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $3.2M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $2.5M in 2024, the largest being $317K to Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Alberta Government funds the Provincial Community Adult Learning Program (CALP). It is the role of individual CALPs across the province to ensure the delivery of part-time non-formal literacy and foundational learning opportunities to financially and socially barriered adults. Calgary Learns is Calgary’s CALP. As an urban granting council Calgary Learns supports the delivery of quality foundational level programming for adults through a competitive granting program and by supporting program practitioners with professional development. Building foundational skills levels significantly infl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $516K | $4,392 | $2.5M | $405K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $388K | — | $2M | $350K |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $959K | — | $2M | $300K |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $387K | $3 | $2M | $277K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $285K | — | $1.6M | $251K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.5M to 23 qualified donees:
- Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary$317K
- The Canlearn Society for Persons With Learning Difficulties$317K
- Canadian Immigrant Women's Association$273K
- Calgary Catholic Immigration Society$263K
- The Immigrant Education Society (ties)$192K
- The Calgary John Howard Society$186K
- Prospect Human Services Society$136K
- Ukrainian Canadian Congress Alberta Provincial Council$112K
- Momentum Community Economic Development Society$108K
- Alexandra Community Health Centre$96K
- Families Matter Society of Calgary$74K
- Carya Society of Calgary$73K
- Women's Centre of Calgary$48K
- Aboriginal Futures Career and Training Centre$46K
- The Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary Alberta$45K
- Board of Governors of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology$43K
- Canadian Immigrant Women's Association$30K
- Closer to Home Community Services Society$30K
- Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta$24K
- Alberta Deaf & Hard of Hearing Society$20K
- Elizabeth House$16K
- Kindred Connections Society$15K
- Diversecities Community Service Association$4,115
Received $50K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$496K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Burggraf (past president); Sepidar Yeganeh Farid (director); Connie Sauter (president); Evelyn Tait (director); Carol Rix (director); Jessica Wong (director); Ryan Murray (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Learns Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139605000RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.