English at First
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 882988140RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($905,049) as filed with the CRA.
English at First is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, 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 $893K in revenue and $905K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Ran a preschool program during the period providing morning and afternoon preschool programs for children whose parents are newcomers to canada and are learning english at the same site. At the site we also administered the funding for the adult esl portion of the program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $893K | $905K | $885K | — | — | -$20K |
| 2023 | $849K | $841K | $811K | — | — | -$7,564 |
| 2022 | $737K | $732K | $689K | — | — | -$16K |
| 2021 | $648K | $1.2M | $631K | — | — | -$21K |
| 2020 | $648K | $647K | $636K | — | — | -$6,291 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$766K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shobhana Ranjit (director); Nancy Lennox (treasurer); Paul Enns (director); Jacob Driedger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from English at First’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882988140RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.