Ecssen Career School
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 859245102RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($608,497) as filed with the CRA.
Ecssen Career School is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $588K in revenue and $608K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government, 28% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $189K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $121K in 2020 to $588K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Career Development: 1. Youth development program 2. Bursary & Scholarship program 3. Canadian Summer Job Program 4. Certificate Training Program 5. Mentorship program Community service: 1. Mental Health & Emotional support program (hotline) 2. Gender Equity Program 3. Food rescue program 4. Special needs children support program 5. Project weave program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $588K | $608K | $539K | — | — | $197K |
| 2023 | $722K | $703K | $607K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $729K | $743K | $684K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $631K | $319K | $317K | — | — | $513K |
| 2020 | $121K | $64K | $62K | — | — | $226K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $189K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$369K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jilin Wang (president/chair of board); Yuantao DI (director); Ailian Liu (vice president); Jing Chen (chief operating officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecssen Career School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859245102RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.