Christian Indigenous Development Overseas Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106919160RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($112,908) as filed with the CRA.
Christian Indigenous Development Overseas 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 $94K in revenue and $113K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 69% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Cido society serves the very poor in the indian states of odisha and tamil nadu by supporting the good samaritans ('tgs') a registered indian charity with a renewable registration under fcra until march 31 2028. Tgs provides educational and vocaltional training in tailoring and computer expertise to very poor women and after-school tutoring to very poor students. The community development project processes seeds and fruit from the jackfruit tree into protein-rich flour and nutritious snack chips creating employment good nutrition and a sense of worth and dignity
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $94K | $113K | $106K | — | — | $119K |
| 2023 | $80K | $80K | $80K | — | — | $138K |
| 2022 | $71K | $89K | $88K | — | — | $138K |
| 2021 | $96K | $78K | $78K | — | — | $155K |
| 2020 | $75K | $10 | $70K | — | — | $137K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard McLean (president); Howard McLean (president); Norlee Flaaten (vice-president); Gordon Lawson (director); Susan Gillis-Lawson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christian Indigenous Development Overseas Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106919160RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.