The Commonwealth of Learning
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892100884RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($13,151,407) as filed with the CRA.
The Commonwealth of Learning is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $11.5M in revenue and $13.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $45.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Within the framework of sustainable development goal 4 and the priorities of commonwealth member countries col promotes learning for sustainable development by focusing on quality education and lifelong for all skills development for sustainable livelihoods and gender equality and inclusion. It helps ministries institutions and organisations to expand the scale efficiency and quality of learning by using open distance and technology-based approaches.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.5M | $13.2M | $11.4M | — | — | $24.2M |
| 2023 | $11.1M | $12M | $10.5M | — | — | $25.8M |
| 2022 | $12M | $12M | $10.7M | — | — | $26.8M |
| 2021 | $12.4M | $11M | $9.8M | — | — | $26.8M |
| 2020 | $13.2M | $12M | $10.6M | — | — | $25.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $45 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Scott; Venkataraman Balaji.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Commonwealth of Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892100884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.