Bezulu International Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 799698345RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,162,638) as filed with the CRA.
Bezulu International Society 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 68% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
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 48% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Orphaned and vulnerable child care - providing basic necessities including food clothing shelter health care education and spiritual direction to orphaned and vulnerable children in esawtini young adult care - supporting young adults in eswatini as they transition into adulthood including life-skills training and tertiary education family reintegration - reconnecting families that have been separated by reintergrating swazi children into safe loving and helping these families to flourish church advocacy - partnering with canadian churches and communities to transform orphan care in eswa…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | $0 | $0 | $644K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $522K | $362K | — | — | $593K |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$252K
- Canadahelps Canadon$252K
- The Great Commission Foundation$202K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$174K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$70K
- Faithful Friends Foundation$35K
- BenefAction Foundation$23K
- Heartland Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance$6,697
- Lagniappe Foundation$3,900
- Granville Chapel$3,166
- Canada Gives$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$58
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$117K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roger Bartel (director); Jan Quiring (director); Geoff Reed (director); Patty Roth (director); Ray Sawatsky (director); Michael Van Pelt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bezulu International Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 799698345RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.