Cosmopolitan Industries LTD.
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 106987399RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,504,299) as filed with the CRA.
Cosmopolitan Industries LTD. is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $15.4M in revenue and $14.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $163K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 161 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Cosmo is a ‘community of communities’ each having a different focus. Cosmo gives everyone a choice and an opportunity to find a niche that utilizes their special abilities along with a peer group supports and nourishes them. Cosmo supports and provides vocational work non-vocational activities and support options for the full spectrum of adults with intellectual disabilities. These diverse opportunities allow participants many options. Cosmo has three satellite locations that were opened as a base for community programs to expand opportunities for training business and work/ employment dev…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.4M | $14.5M | $14.4M | $69K | — | $16.3M |
| 2023 | $14.4M | $13M | $13M | $27K | $6,455 | $15.4M |
| 2022 | $13.8M | $12.1M | $12M | $32K | $19K | $14M |
| 2021 | $15.1M | $11.6M | — | — | $250 | $12.2M |
| 2020 | $13.5M | $14M | — | — | $24K | $8.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $163K from 8 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions161
- Total compensation, all staff$8.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Michelle Lane (director); Crystal Jamieson (director); .
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cosmopolitan Industries LTD.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106987399RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.