The Edson and District Community Learning Society
Publicly funded institution · Edson, Alberta · BN 134010388RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($397,199) as filed with the CRA.
The Edson and District Community Learning Society is a charitable organization based in Edson, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $302K in revenue and $397K 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. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $300.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The edson & district community learning society was incorporated under the societies act of the province of alberta on january 3 1995 and became a registered charity on april 4 2013. The objectives of the society are to: 1. Establish maintain and operate an educational training centre that advances education by providing educational resources and by offering adult basic literacy english as a second language employment skills tutoring academic studies preparation and other general interest courses to the public. 2. To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $302K | $397K | $364K | — | — | $299K |
| 2023 | $305K | $383K | $355K | — | — | $395K |
| 2022 | $444K | $395K | $359K | — | — | $473K |
| 2021 | $562K | $401K | $360K | — | — | $424K |
| 2020 | $420K | $388K | $348K | — | — | $209K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $300 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$331K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Edson and District Community Learning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134010388RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.