CENTRE FOR CANADIAN LANGUAGE BENCHMARKS/CENTRE DES NIVEAUX DE COMPETENCE LINGUISTIQUES CANADIENS
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·400-294 ALBERT ST · OTTAWA, ON · K1P 6E6·BN 867311995RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
67¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
18%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.3 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$2.6M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks?
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Is Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 867311995RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 400-294 ALBERT ST, OTTAWA, ON, K1P 6E6. Source.
What does Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "IRCC-TRF-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Training and resources to assist Francophones in a minority situation IRCC-PBLA-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Professional development resources and training to support the use of PBLA in LINC and other IRCC funded programs…" Full program description.
How much of Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 67¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $2.6M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
IRCC-TRF-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Training and resources to assist Francophones in a minority situation IRCC-PBLA-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Professional development resources and training to support the use of PBLA in LINC and other IRCC funded programs IRCC-ELBP-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – ELBP professional development and resource development to support clients in CLIC programs ESDC-LFS-24: Employment and Social Development Canada – Language for Success – Adult Learning Literacy and Essential RTU-CELBAN-24: CELB… Show more
IRCC-TRF-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Training and resources to assist Francophones in a minority situation IRCC-PBLA-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Professional development resources and training to support the use of PBLA in LINC and other IRCC funded programs IRCC-ELBP-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – ELBP professional development and resource development to support clients in CLIC programs ESDC-LFS-24: Employment and Social Development Canada – Language for Success – Adult Learning Literacy and Essential RTU-CELBAN-24: CELBAN TEST RTU-ACH-24: Achēv - Support for users of the online self-Assessment RTU-CLBPT-24: CLBPT Training RTU-CUR-24: National LINC Online Curriculum and Online PBLA RTU-TT-24: CLB Tool and Training RTU-RSE-24: Canadian Language Benchmarks of Red Seal Examination Question
New programs
IRCC-CLIC-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada - CLIC curriculum activities (framework guidelines online curriculum) RTU-CVO-24: Evaluation of English & French Language skill for the Veterinary Profession in Ontario
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
67¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 67¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 67¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
18%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.3 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$2.6M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
86%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
0%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
86%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
14%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $3.2M | 92¢ | 8% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $2.3M | 80¢ | 20% | 0.4 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $2.1M | 92¢ | 8% | 0.3 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $2.1M | 54¢ | 12% | 0.2 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $2.1M | 77¢ | 13% | 0.1 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $2.6M | 67¢ | 18% | 0.3 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
13 directors reported · 13 of 13at arm's length
- Bouallagui, Souhaël SBChairpersonarm's length
- Hardy, Diane DHVice Chairpersonarm's length
- Light, Justine JLDirectorarm's length
- Papple, James JPDirectorarm's length
- Ariste, Phedely PADirectorarm's length
- Cummins, Jennifer JCDirectorarm's length
- Timchenko, Oksana OTDirectorarm's length
- Frey, Naomi NFDirectorarm's length
- Arisnabarreta, Ricardo RADirectorarm's length
- Abraham, Stephen SADirectorarm's length
Show all 13 directors
- Zafar, Tehreem TZDirectorarm's length
- Page, Yves YPSecretary Treasurerarm's length
- Hickey, Gail GHDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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