Family Oriented Community Advancement Support (FOCAS Canada)
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 724460084RR0002 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($363,934) as filed with the CRA.
Family Oriented Community Advancement Support (FOCAS Canada) is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $372K in revenue and $364K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Community engagement programs Youth empowerment programs through training connection to service provides Sponsorship and resettlement programs Canada summer job Walk-in community services including translation application to different municipal government and employers ect. Employability training and finding jobs for newcomers
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $372K | $364K | $312K | $9,353 | — | $209K |
| 2023 | $360K | $356K | $307K | $8,264 | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $319K | $297K | $40K | $2,304 | — | $82K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $36K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$198K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bedri Mohammed (executive director); Areero Jatani (presient); Mohamed Abazinab (vice president); Umer Taha (treasurer); Yvonne Sherban (secretary); Barbara Nichols (director); Mohamed Yusuf Ali (director); Abdurahman Redwan Ahmed (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Family Oriented Community Advancement Support (FOCAS Canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 724460084RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.