Council for The Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 831736962RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,011,977) as filed with the CRA.
Council for The Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $10.1M in revenue and $10M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $688K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $10.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To promote early learning to african canadian families to provide educational opportunities and support to african canadian communities to educate and empower african canadian youth women and seniors helping them integrate in society to promote understanding of african culture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.1M | $10M | — | — | — | $477K |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $7.4M | — | — | — | $351K |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $4.4M | — | — | $317K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $220K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $688K from 11 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$407K
- The Calgary Foundation$147K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Education$30K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Randstad Canada Charitable Foundation$20K
- MLSE Foundation$6,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,522
- The Calgary Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$480
- Faith Food Bank Society—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kemoh B Mansaray (board chair); Philomena Okeke-Ihejirika (vice chair); Firmin Guelade (director); Imadeldin Mahmoud (director); Cedric Naoussi (treasurer); Noora Badr (secretary); Edna Wakene (director); Bumo Mgabe (director); Andrew Owusu (director); Tony Agbonkhese (director); Joseph Luri (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Council for The Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831736962RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.