Canada-Bolivia Children's Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 817874548RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($192,716) as filed with the CRA.
Canada-Bolivia Children's Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $260K in revenue and $193K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $99K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $131K in 2020 to $260K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Bolivia kids provides health and education support for 200 school age children and their families including: primary health care food education intensive educational support for children with learning disabilities and neuro divergencies psychological support family violence prevention early child development programs leadership recreation and outdoor adventure experiences.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $260K | $193K | $154K | $34K | — | $602K |
| 2023 | $99K | $202K | $192K | — | — | $534K |
| 2022 | $295K | $135K | $97K | $31K | — | $637K |
| 2021 | $130K | $85K | $84K | — | — | $478K |
| 2020 | $131K | $83K | $65K | $16K | — | $433K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $99K from 10 charities:
- The Flanagan Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- The Anderson Family Foundation$11K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$9,984
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,355
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation$2,500
- The Prabhudas and Vijya Ruparell Family Foundation$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,218
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$23K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Freeborn (treasurer); Jane Mackimmie Skeans (president); Melissa Innes (director); Blythe Butler (director); Emma Anderson (director); Katie Clayton (director); Jeanette Page (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada-Bolivia Children's Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817874548RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.