The Immigrant Education Society (ties)
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 130143373RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,121,755) as filed with the CRA.
The Immigrant Education Society (ties) is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $14.3M in revenue and $14.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $329K.
Compared with 733 education 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 position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 117 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.5M in 2020 to $14.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Language education: language instruction for newcomers to canada (linc) offers free english classes for newcomers to help prepare them for life in canada. Clients team reading writing listening and speaking skills on line. Drop in or in class. Employment & career development support: we help newcomers & canadians develop the fundamental skills needed to navigate the canadian job market through training coaching practicums return to work programs mentorship and entrepreneurship. Settlement assistance: settlement support to newcomers and canadians to overcome the challenges through couns…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.3M | $14.1M | $12.6M | — | — | $8.8M |
| 2023 | $11.2M | $11.1M | $9.8M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $8.9M | $8.9M | $7.9M | — | — | $8.7M |
| 2021 | $8.5M | $7.8M | $6.8M | — | — | $8.8M |
| 2020 | $8.5M | $8.4M | $7.4M | $800 | — | $8.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $329K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions117
- Total compensation, all staff$9.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
M'Liss Edwards (chair); Gita Boyd (vice-chair); Nalini Plesche (treasurer); Barbara Mercier (board member); Wilson Howe (director); Peter Plesche (director); Rabail Qasir (director); Marilyn Magnan (secretary); Tomasia Dasilva (director); Adrian Costello (director); Harsha Mehta (director); Karen Toor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Immigrant Education Society (ties)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130143373RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.