African Development Initiative
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 739195519RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,760) as filed with the CRA.
African Development Initiative is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $5,760 in revenue and $5,760 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,377 in 2020 to $5,760 in 2024.
In its own words
Au cours de l'année 2024 notre organisation a été très active. Nos activités (ou interventions) ont porté sur: 1) La participation au Service d'aide en impôt – Programme des bénévoles de l'ARC/Revenu Québec. Notre organisation a préparé 228 déclarations de revenus et de prestations du 1er juin 2024 au 31 mai 2025. Considérant l'importance de ce programme pour les citoyens à faibles revenus notre organisation poursuivra sa participation au cours des prochaines années. 2) L'accompagnement des étudiants d'origine africaine inscrits dans nos institutions d’enseignement supérieur. 3) La pours…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,760 | $5,760 | $5,202 | — | $0 | $5,500 |
| 2023 | $4,892 | $4,892 | $4,294 | — | — | $4,000 |
| 2022 | $2,225 | $2,243 | $1,750 | — | $0 | — |
| 2021 | $3,168 | $1,862 | $1,862 | — | $0 | -$457 |
| 2020 | $1,377 | — | $1,032 | — | $0 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $2 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from African Development Initiative’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 739195519RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.