The Candora Society of Edmonton
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 133583120RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,707,754) as filed with the CRA.
The Candora Society of Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,729.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Children's programs: parent & child activities (literacy and recreational) field-trips summer program special events pre-school programs; adult programs: women's employment english language learning financial literacy women's employment for low literacy and newcomers health for two (prenatal program) individual support community lunch food bank distribution depot sewing group. Family programs: tripe p parenting wellness compass family playtime family table neurodivergent parenting coffee chat circle of security and other parent education groups. Youth education programs: baby…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $5,974 | — | $398K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $9,226 | — | $523K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1,232 | — | $575K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $994K | — | — | $602K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $18K | — | $591K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,729 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janice Theriault (board chair); Candace Noble (vice chair); McLaughin Chaya (secretary); Bunmi-Nathan David (treasurer); Schopf Zachary (past-chair); Stroud Doug (director); Melanie Lang (director); Currie Graham (non-voting member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Candora Society of Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133583120RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.