Colombian Friends
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 813008067RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,892) as filed with the CRA.
Colombian Friends is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $11K in revenue and $13K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $432.
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 80% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $19K in 2020 to $11K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
To help poor or disable children adults and their families in Latin countries with the basic necessities - Provide support to new immigrants and refugees within the Latin community to settle in Canada - Relief of poverty to members of the Latin community by providing food shelter clothing and education to refugees and newcomers with little or no income.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11K | $13K | $13K | — | $0 | $20K |
| 2023 | $13K | $6,813 | $6,813 | — | $0 | $22K |
| 2022 | $14K | $19K | $19K | — | $0 | $16K |
| 2021 | $5,264 | $4,646 | $4,646 | — | — | $21K |
| 2020 | $19K | $14K | $14K | — | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $432 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cesar Castillo (president); Denizarith Cabarcas (executive director); Elisa Giraldo (director foreign activities); John Duque (director of events); Beatriz Mejia (director of events); Diego Mendez (director of corporate donatios); Milvia Rodriguez (director of volunteers); Nestor Henao (director of foreign activities); Hugo Moreno (director of foreign activities); Clara Gomez (director of foreign activities); Diego Orjuela (treasurer); Linda Parra Ulloa (secretary); Maria Velez (director of fundraising).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Colombian Friends’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813008067RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.