Nova Scotia · Registered charity
COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION
COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$190,693 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF COLCHESTER COUNTY (C$151,208). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,075 support of schools and education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,075 support of schools and education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Societyshared fundersportfolio match
- Rotary Club of Truro Foundationlocal
- Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick Ltd.portfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 94% · 2018 85% · 2019 97% · 2020 97% · 2021 98% · 2022 90% · 2023 79% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (40% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose C$19k → C$28k.
From the CRA filings of COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 81% · 2019 86% · 2020 59% · 2021 86% · 2022 85% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 4 funders put you under-funded among the 311 organizations that share them.
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Societyshared fundersportfolio matchNS · backs 93 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Truro FoundationlocalNS · funds 6 organizations near you
- Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick Ltd.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Creston Valley Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Amherst - Registered Charities Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation for Lennox & Addingtonportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wentworth United Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Prince Edward County Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Norfolk Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cumberland Adult Network for Upgrading (Can-U) Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- John Calvin Christian Reformed ChurchlocalNS · funds 6 organizations near you
- St James Presbyterian ChurchlocalNS · funds 5 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 86% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION?
- COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$190,693 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF COLCHESTER COUNTY (C$151,208). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$190,693 in grants to COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED WAY OF COLCHESTER COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with C$151,208 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLCHESTER ADULT LEARNING ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register