Acceso
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 846028819RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,977,729) as filed with the CRA.
Acceso is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported -$5.7M in revenue and $11M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $392K in 2024, the largest being $392K to Food Intelligence. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $18.4M in 2020 to -$5.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty by promoting greater efficiencies within the agricultural or aquaculture industry for the benefit of the public for low income persons in developing countries by: - providing training resources and best practices to farmers that are poor; - facilitating the purchase of products from farmers that are poor; and - creating industry-wide standards developing and disseminating new scientific and technological knowledge related to the agricultural and aquacultural industries in developing nations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -$5.7M | $11M | $386K | — | $10.6M | $12.9M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $5.1M | $2.6M | — | $2.4M | $29.6M |
| 2022 | -$2,200 | $3.2M | $3M | — | — | $32.2M |
| 2021 | $7.3M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $24.1M |
| 2020 | $18.4M | $2.8M | $2.4M | — | — | $24.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $392K to 1 qualified donee:
- Food Intelligence$392K
Received $1.6M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frank Giustra (director / chairman); David Foley (director); Eric Nonacs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Acceso’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846028819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.