Community Learning Association North of Smokey
Publicly funded institution · Ingonish, Nova Scotia · BN 885249326RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($148,607) as filed with the CRA.
Community Learning Association North of Smokey is a charitable organization based in Ingonish, Nova Scotia, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $160K in revenue and $149K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,713.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Delivered levels 1 2 and 3 of adult literacy programs adult learning family literacy cooking classes book bag program and after school programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K | $149K | $76K | — | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $110K | $129K | $60K | — | — | $13K |
| 2022 | $121K | $125K | $53K | — | — | $32K |
| 2021 | $141K | $142K | $67K | — | — | $36K |
| 2020 | $109K | $97K | $44K | — | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,713 from 1 charity:
- Halifax Youth Foundation$5,713
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$118K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kelly Fricker (chairperson); Larry Dauphinee (vice chairperson); James (bernie) Vassallo (secretary/treasurer); David Donovan (director); John Buchanan (director); Derrick Hawley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Learning Association North of Smokey’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885249326RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.