Elimu Development Projects
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 828374314RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($436,820) as filed with the CRA.
Elimu Development Projects is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $485K in revenue and $437K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $257K.
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 22% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $485K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Nyumbani Kwetu: a Sponsored Family Home for Children Malindi Kenya Elimu provides all living expenses schooling and staffing needs of Nyumbani Kwetu a family home to 12 children. Heri Ministries Sewing Project Malindi Kenya Elimu supports young women from the local community by finding sponsors for them to provide school and boarding fees to attend Heri Ministries Sewing College and develop the skills needed to become independent and productive members of their local community. Stay in School Sponsorship Program Malindi Kenya An Educational Sponsorship Program for children and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $485K | $437K | $309K | $16K | — | $9,268 |
| 2023 | $356K | $376K | $224K | $21K | — | -$47K |
| 2022 | $361K | $364K | $221K | $18K | — | -$18K |
| 2021 | $293K | $267K | $197K | $6,264 | $0 | $124K |
| 2020 | $226K | $212K | $152K | $6,615 | — | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $257K from 11 charities:
- The Charis Foundation$90K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$35K
- The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Call of the Poor Inc /l'appel du Pauvre Inc$15K
- Saint John's School of Alberta Legacy Foundation$15K
- Rotary Club of Ottawa Charity Fund$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,100
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$610
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Davidson (director); Maureen Monaghan (secretary/treasurer); Jennifer Lavoie (chairperson); Sospeter Gatobu (director); R Gregory Yost (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elimu Development Projects’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828374314RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.