Creative Aging Calgary Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 797716925RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,388) as filed with the CRA.
Creative Aging Calgary Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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, 2023, it reported $50K in revenue and $8,388 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $8,643.
Compared with 740 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6,189 in 2020 to $50K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Pop-up art programs educational seminars symposium planning for biennial symposium (on hold due to covid) horizon grant focusing on sustainable self-sufficient art programs for senior care homes art toolkits avalible to vulnerable seniors musical concerts and art shows
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $50K | $8,388 | $7,960 | $170 | — | $48K |
| 2022 | $5,000 | $3,003 | $1,692 | — | — | $6,528 |
| 2021 | $6,673 | $4,445 | $2,640 | — | — | $4,531 |
| 2020 | $6,189 | $4,829 | — | — | — | $2,883 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $8,643 from 1 charity:
- The Calgary Foundation$8,643
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Ran Hao LI (board member); Norma Karlensky (board member); Ralph Hubele (board member); Nhi Tran (board member); Alice Lam (board member); Jane Finley (board member); Hannah Pagenkopf (board member); Alison Cada; Julie Burns (board member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Creative Aging Calgary Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 797716925RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.