Canada Bangladesh Education Trust (CBET)
Charitable organization · Nepean, Ontario · BN 801146101RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($127,583) as filed with the CRA.
Canada Bangladesh Education Trust (CBET) is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $172K in revenue and $128K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $99K in 2020 to $172K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
CBET provides scholarships to deserving students in need of financial aid attending colleges and technical institutes in Bangladesh and Ottawa. With your support CBET has awarded over 2500 scholarships in Bangladesh each of $200 for a total of $500 000 since 2013. In Ottawa we have awarded 100 scholarships each with a value of $500 for a total of $50 000. In 2021 we awarded 305 scholarships of $200 each across 61 colleges and 86 university students (20 from 2020 and 66 from 2021) scholarships of $500 each.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $172K | $128K | $110K | $13K | — | $269K |
| 2023 | $189K | $123K | $105K | $11K | — | $225K |
| 2022 | $198K | $0 | $97K | $10K | — | $159K |
| 2021 | $143K | $135K | $96K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $99K | $80K | $63K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49K from 9 charities:
- Human Concern International (hci)$16K
- South Nepean Muslim Community (snmc)$10K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$9,000
- Brampton and Regional Islamic Centre (BARIC)$6,000
- The Mosque of Aylmer$5,100
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,109
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$470
- Canadahelps Canadon$216
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$2,490
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dr. Emdad Khan (director & president); Fakhruz Zaman (director & general secretary); Asma Khan (director); Moslem Uddin (director); Faruk Nayeem (director); Mubashsharul Islam Shafique.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada Bangladesh Education Trust (CBET)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801146101RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.