Africa Community Technical Service Society
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 132373077RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,153,835) as filed with the CRA.
Africa Community Technical Service Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $423K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $692K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Construction of rural water supply infrastructure in uganda. Training in community water system governance and maintenance. Health sanitation and environmental education. Secondary projects related to education argiculture and health services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | $31K | — | $401K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.2M | $1M | $95K | — | $452K |
| 2022 | $1M | $827K | $525K | $180K | — | $658K |
| 2021 | $838K | $654K | $431K | $131K | — | $457K |
| 2020 | $692K | $736K | $506K | $138K | — | $273K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $423K from 22 charities:
- True Directions Charitable Foundation$100K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$92K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$52K
- Urban Systems Foundation$46K
- Abundance Canada$30K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$25K
- Bridgeway Foundation$25K
- The Charis Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,901
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,109
- Harrison-Cooper Foundation$5,000
- Werner & Helga Hoing Foundation$5,000
- Grapes for Humanity$5,000
- White Rock Life Church$2,400
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,250
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$2,120
- Flagstone Pathway Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Emmanuel Christian Community Society$1,200
- Anglican Church of the Ascension$900
- Capilano Christian Community Society$500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$407
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$252K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dean Dalke (director); Jocelyn Kwok (board chair); James Colburn (director); Dale Barkman (director); Diana Pham (director); Rhea Siu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Africa Community Technical Service Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132373077RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.