A Better World Helping Hands Canada
Publicly funded institution · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 800994006RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,775,225) as filed with the CRA.
A Better World Helping Hands Canada is a charitable organization based in Lacombe, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $566K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $28K to Burman University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We provide funding in 6 countries overseas for education development health services and water and sanitation development. In 2024 ABW built 57 classrooms and provided more than $145 000 in scholarships and installed 15 water catchment systems. We completed 3 deep water wells and 3 shallow water wells 71 toilets built or improved 5 medical clinics cared for more than 3 500 children with disabilities in 3 countries. In Canada ABW provided leadership training for youth and led trips themed on philanthropy training for youth. ABW's long-term goal of creating self-sufficiency was demonstrated…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $15K | $31K | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $22K | $23K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $15K | $40K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | $38K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1M | $909K | $32K | $39K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $566K from 12 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$256K
- Canadahelps Canadon$96K
- Canadahelps Canadon$96K
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$47K
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$25K
- Bernhard Melitz Foundation$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$20K
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (british Columbia Conference)$2,946
- ST. Clair Community Church$2,117
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$969
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$185
- The Peel District School Board$40
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$80K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Sydenham (chair board of directors); Stewart MacPhail (vice chair); Ray Loxdale (director); Julie Lapointe (director secretary); Gord Bontje (director); Scott Sankey (director); Warren Schnoor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from A Better World Helping Hands Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 800994006RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.