Books Over Borders Livres Transfrontières
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 862601077RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,884) as filed with the CRA.
Books Over Borders Livres Transfrontières is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $41K in revenue and $33K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Providing educational children's books and ancillary materials (e.g. Teaching guides) either directly or through qualified donees' established literacy programs to needy children worldwide (canada and afghanistan).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41K | $33K | $25K | — | — | $38K |
| 2023 | $60K | $61K | $52K | — | — | $30K |
| 2022 | — | $51K | — | — | $51K | — |
| 2021 | $81K | $69K | $51K | — | $10K | $34K |
| 2020 | $46K | $85K | $77K | — | $32K | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Andrew Boden (director); David Cottle (director); Shawn Fuller (director); Andrew Cottle (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Books Over Borders Livres Transfrontières’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862601077RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.