Rainbow Literacy and Learning Society
Publicly funded institution · Vulcan, Alberta · BN 889279386RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($488,407) as filed with the CRA.
Rainbow Literacy and Learning Society is a charitable organization based in Vulcan, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $410K in revenue and $488K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 106% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Conversation cafe - english as a second language adults get together to play games and convers enhancing their english language. - time for rhymes. Parents connect through songs & stories.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $410K | $488K | $260K | $14K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $347K | $332K | $87K | $7,375 | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $349K | $351K | $85K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $298K | $296K | $75K | $7,331 | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $332K | $335K | $76K | $8,500 | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$243K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katie Wade (chairperson); Shane Cockwill (vice chairperson); Amanda Rodgers (secretary); Shilo Andrew-Braur (treasurer); Naomi Markert (director); Wayne Bennett (director); Cathie McNiven (director); Alexandria (ali) McTavish (director); Alexandra (alex) Morrison (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rainbow Literacy and Learning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889279386RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.