The Columbia Learning Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 888631025RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($112,311) as filed with the CRA.
The Columbia Learning Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $99K in revenue and $112K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $35K in 2020 to $99K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To provide scholarships and/or bursaries based on financial need and/or merit to learners attending or wishing to attend Columbia College.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $99K | $112K | $94K | — | — | $151K |
| 2023 | $19K | $19K | $15K | — | — | $175K |
| 2022 | $72K | $16K | $9,060 | — | $0 | $58K |
| 2021 | $13K | $8,201 | $5,079 | — | $0 | $64K |
| 2020 | $35K | $49K | $43K | — | — | $60K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruce Skorobohach (president); Caroline Edworthy (vice president); Patrick Simmons (director); Nola Snell (director); Chris Zheng Yu (treasurer and secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Columbia Learning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888631025RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.