Canada-Mathare Education Trust (cmetrust)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 776521122RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($252,535) as filed with the CRA.
Canada-Mathare Education Trust (cmetrust) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $197K in revenue and $253K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 79% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $96K in 2020 to $197K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $197K | $253K | $201K | — | — | -$127K |
| 2023 | $178K | $283K | $232K | $691 | — | — |
| 2022 | $155K | $160K | $151K | $763 | — | $1,332 |
| 2021 | $132K | $155K | $153K | $120 | $154K | $7,526 |
| 2020 | $96K | $110K | $109K | — | — | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Arnold (president); Victoria Sheppard (director); Consuelo Van Beek (director); Beth Lavender (secretary); Jimena Eyzaguirre (vice president); Melanie Macdonald (director); Sonya Katrycz (director); Kerry Kelly (director); Roma Kojima (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada-Mathare Education Trust (cmetrust)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 776521122RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.