Sino-Canada Cultural Association
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 892377243RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($88,295) as filed with the CRA.
Sino-Canada Cultural Association 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $102K in revenue and $88K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8,722 in 2020 to $102K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Supporting and sponsoring chinese culture activities throughout the city of calgary. These activities include hosting cultural festivals and concerts facilitating cultural exchanges collaborating with other cultural organizations. Supporting the calgary mandarin school. We also run ballroom dance taichi calligraphy and badminton programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $102K | $88K | $57K | — | — | $318K |
| 2023 | $16K | $72K | $51K | $2,351 | — | $259K |
| 2022 | $75K | $43K | $22K | $2,351 | — | $296K |
| 2021 | $8,119 | $63K | $8,401 | — | — | $254K |
| 2020 | $8,722 | $62K | $45K | — | — | $310K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$38K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shen-Gym Chin Liu (vice president); Margaret Fong (president); Shao-Yang Ku (secretary); Git-Boom LIM (director); William Liu (cashier); Keegan Low (treasurer); Jean Yu (director); Roger Shaw (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sino-Canada Cultural Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892377243RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.