Chatham-Kent Council on Adult Basic Education
Publicly funded institution · Chatham, Ontario · BN 118850726RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,207,769) as filed with the CRA.
Chatham-Kent Council on Adult Basic Education is a charitable organization based in Chatham, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $579.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To provide organizational funding and direction for adult literacy in chatham-kent. To provide volunteers to provide instruction in literacy to clients. Diversity training to members at large in chatham-kent.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $668K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $542K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $660K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $617K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $538K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $579 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- $1–39,99924 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ann Gooch (president); Alice Silcox (director); Carrie Avery (treasurer); Julie Meko (secretary); Tracy Callaghan (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chatham-Kent Council on Adult Basic Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118850726RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.