Canadian Accredited Independent Schools Ecoles Independantes Canadiennes Accréditées
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118830793RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,560,480) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Accredited Independent Schools Ecoles Independantes Canadiennes Accréditées is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Cais is a national network for member schools supporting collaborative initiatives in leadership education management and governance its activities are establishing national standards / best practices and accreditation process organizing coordinating and facilitating conferences benchmarking research and marketing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $887K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.3M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $25K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denise Burke (director); Steven Erdelyi (director); Carol Grant-Watt (director); James Lee (director); Jim Nelles (chair); Saida Rasul (director); Riva Richard (director); Linda Rodeck (director); Michel Shah (director); Sean Shore (director); David Young (director); Lynn Bosetti (director); Jefferson Burnett (director); Eric Jabal (director); David Singh (director); Claire Sumerlus (director); Farhan Thawar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Accredited Independent Schools Ecoles Independantes Canadiennes Accréditées’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118830793RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.