Somali Canadian Society of Calgary
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 864750443RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,087,451) as filed with the CRA.
Somali Canadian Society of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $529K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $773K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $246K in 2020 to $529K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Provide children & youth with mentorship tutoring and coaching for academic success; assist at-risk children with sports & recreational activites to build leadership social skills and prepare them for success; provide services to seniors for improving quality of their life & creating sense of belongings; provide settlement services to new comers to adopt to life in canada; organize summer camps for kids & their families to provide academic support field trips & workshops
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $529K | $1.1M | $411K | — | $475K | $72K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $902K | $552K | — | — | $239K |
| 2022 | $257K | $332K | $249K | $0 | — | $52K |
| 2021 | $226K | — | $287K | — | — | $96K |
| 2020 | $246K | $196K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $160K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $773K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$201K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Abdullahi Aden (president); Farah Ali (executive director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Somali Canadian Society of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864750443RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.