Akonua and Kwama Children's Literacy Foundation
Private foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 842756264RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,958) as filed with the CRA.
Akonua and Kwama Children's Literacy Foundation is a private foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6,099 in revenue and $2,958 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,000.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,075 in 2020 to $6,099 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation supports literacy in africa by distributing scholarships and educational materials to children in mankkessim ghana. To date numerous scholarships have been donated as well as computers supplied and computer workshops established. The foundation has also purchased 0.86 acres of land and is actively raising funds to build a library for the school and the community. Initial schematics for the library have been produced.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,099 | $2,958 | $1,058 | — | $1,800 | $7,136 |
| 2023 | $3,060 | $3,732 | — | — | $2,400 | $7,136 |
| 2022 | $3,060 | $3,732 | — | — | $2,400 | $7,136 |
| 2021 | $2,514 | $2,428 | $855 | — | — | $7,056 |
| 2020 | $1,075 | $1,556 | $818 | — | — | $7,056 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,000 from 1 charity:
- Marda Loop Church$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$100
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Orleans Pobee (founder/director); Ann Wilson (chairperson/director); John Hagen (vice chairperson/director); Baisiwa Sackey (treasurer); Francia Harvonen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Akonua and Kwama Children's Literacy Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842756264RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.