The Calgary Society of Community Opportunities
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 129948709RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,727,437) as filed with the CRA.
The Calgary Society of Community Opportunities 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Csco has a core program committed to empowering and supporting adults with diverse needs in fostering community & building a range of skills. Based on the goals and interest of the participants they can join on-site interest groups or go on outings in the community. The interests groups on-site include learning life skills such as things to do on your own getting along with others and taking care of self. These activities can be for example cooking computer and crafts. Outings in the community include walks to the library voluteering art a variety of sports vocational and social…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $697K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1,591 | — | $512K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1,090 | — | $561K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $999K | — | — | $527K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $545K |
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
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,99926 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Moersch (executive director); Myles Thurlow (presidents); Terry-Lyn Martin (secretary); Susam McPhee (director); Lorna Ronneberg (director); Azmina Shariff (director); Joan Beaton (director); Chaz Koo (treasurer); Ron Buckley (director); Karamsheel Singh (director); Frank Pratt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Calgary Society of Community Opportunities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129948709RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.