Community Learning Network - An Alberta Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 892348160RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,426,252) as filed with the CRA.
Community Learning Network - An Alberta Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Community Learning Network (CLN) cultivates and promotes the advancement of community-based learning in Alberta by providing training support and resources to our networks. Based on identified trends needs and issues in community adult learning we offer professional development and networking opportunities to our members and partners in lifelong learning. Together CLN's members and partners in the community-based adult learning system service over 16 000 Albertans each year. They offer group programming and one-to-one tutoring in areas that include adult literacy numeracy digital sk…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $217K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $208K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $207K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $205K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $200K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received -$35 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
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$933K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colleen Thiessen (chair); Stephanie Brown (treasurer); Tanya Mercredi (director); Chelsey Friedt (director); Stephanie Brown (treasurer); Monica Scyrba-Davis (director); Jana Thomson (vice chair); Natasha Bozek (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Learning Network - An Alberta Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892348160RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.