The Calgary Chinese Public School Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118823327RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($282,536) as filed with the CRA.
The Calgary Chinese Public School Society 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 $459K in revenue and $283K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,809.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Calgary chinese public school society was established to teach the chinese language in both reading and writing to those individuals who are interested in doing so. The school offers programs from kindergarten through grade 12.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $459K | $283K | $267K | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $336K | $283K | $266K | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $285K | $243K | $227K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $530K | $246K | $234K | — | — | $21.4M |
| 2020 | $344K | $288K | $274K | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,809 from 1 charity:
- The Calgary Foundation$2,809
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$164K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Henry Chan (president); Shirley Leung (treasurer); Esther LI (secretary); Thomas Pin Keung Cheuk (vice president); Benjamin Chow (director); Jia Ying LI (director); Xiao Yong Zhang (director); Xiao Hua Wen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Calgary Chinese Public School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118823327RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.