Cooperative English As a Second Language Ministries Society
Publicly funded institution · Rocky View County, Alberta · BN 863993440RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($26,425) as filed with the CRA.
Cooperative English As a Second Language Ministries Society is a charitable organization based in Rocky View County, 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 $45K in revenue and $26K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Cooperative ESL Ministries Society operates to mobilize and train volunteers from churches and community groups to respond to the English language needs of new Canadians and Internationals in our community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $45K | $26K | $1,942 | $896 | — | $106K |
| 2023 | $61K | $28K | $1,863 | $1,892 | — | $84K |
| 2022 | $53K | $26K | $3,244 | $1,358 | — | $55K |
| 2021 | $41K | $27K | $1,942 | $929 | — | $41K |
| 2020 | $40K | $29K | — | — | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$12K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Pole (president); Demaer William (treasurer); Helen Ohlhauser (volunteer coordinator); Val Cudmore (director); Akinola Peluola (director); Charlene Bates (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cooperative English As a Second Language Ministries Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863993440RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.