Canadian Association for Participatory Development
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 887115111RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($95,324) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Association for Participatory Development is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $118K in revenue and $95K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 91% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The charity works through registered Colombia charities serving disadvantaged Colombian programs focusing on the integration of persons with disabilities; subsidies to encourage staying in school and the safe water program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $118K | $95K | $91K | — | — | $589K |
| 2023 | $77K | $93K | $89K | $760 | — | $569K |
| 2022 | $58K | $99K | $96K | $1,249 | — | $592K |
| 2021 | $145K | $113K | $113K | — | — | $660K |
| 2020 | $112K | $97K | $96K | — | — | $536K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marlene Wiens (director); Glenn Vandoorne (secretary); Alfonso Mejia (director); Martha Rojas (president); Consuelo Porras Duran (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Association for Participatory Development’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887115111RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.