Ckua Radio Foundation
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118776830RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,669,542) as filed with the CRA.
Ckua Radio Foundation is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $8.4M in revenue and $8.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Ckua is a donor- supported arts organization that inspires and connects through the power of music arts culture and story. With a focus on musical discovery we showcase the best creative work from alberta and beyond and deliver it on-air online and in-person. Ckua radio is a community supported alberta broadcasting service that enriches lives and advances the public's appreciation of music and arts and culture by presenting diverse music and original programming that entertains inspires enlightens and educates the public in the following ways: 1) by providing commentary and news abou…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.4M | $8.7M | $4.9M | $1.2M | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $5.9M | $7.4M | $4.2M | $798K | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $5.8M | $5.9M | $2.7M | $851K | — | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $5.1M | $2.7M | $760K | — | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $3.5M | $742K | — | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 22 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$351K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$196K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$173K
- BenefAction Foundation$134K
- Canadahelps Canadon$61K
- Canadahelps Canadon$61K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$42K
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$25K
- Rozsa Foundation$21K
- Canada Gives$5,500
- The Cardinal Foundation$5,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$3,600
- The Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society$2,000
- Calgary Association for the Development of Music Education$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,950
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$1,700
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,494
- Edmonton Jazz Festival Society$1,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$997
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$296
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- United Way of Calgary and Area$52
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Schaeffer (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ckua Radio Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118776830RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.