Canadian Harambee Education Society (ches)
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 131488017RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($364,888) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Harambee Education Society (ches) is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $668K in revenue and $365K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $424K in 2020 to $668K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The society (ches): - provides scholarships to bright needy girls in kenya and tanzania; - purchases supplies and textbooks for schools and students in kenya and tanzania; - provides funding for workshops and capital projects in kenya and tanzania; - provides funding for secondary education in kenya and tanzania.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $668K | $365K | $344K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $830K | $308K | $289K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $596K | $650K | $631K | — | — | $782K |
| 2021 | $533K | $174K | $154K | — | — | $835K |
| 2020 | $424K | $287K | $266K | $1,743 | — | $476K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,500
- Canada Gives$5,000
- R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation$2,650
- Royal Commonwealth Society Vancouver Island$2,600
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$2,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$750
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$730
- Tsawwassen Pastoral Charge$700
- Vancity Community Foundation$650
- Vancity Community Foundation$650
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$642
- Vancity Community Foundation$600
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$535
- Vancity Community Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,391
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Orrie Babiuk (secretary); Beverly Ford (director at large); Catriona Harker (director at large); Chris Harker (director at large); Karen Kilbride (director at large); Mandy Klepic (director at large); Nancy Mann (treasurer); Maureen Polard (director at large); Joy Ruffeski (executive director); Jeannette Taylor (director at large); Robb Taylor (director at large); Lorrie Williams (founding president); Dwight Dracek (director at large); Wendy Horan (director at large); Lorrie Sarah Tobin (director at large); Becky Finley (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Harambee Education Society (ches)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131488017RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.