Friends for Zambia Society
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 843836925RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($40,936) as filed with the CRA.
Friends for Zambia Society is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $41K in revenue and $41K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 673 education institutions 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 3 names.
In its own words
To support basic education for the children of lilayi zambia by raising money to build community schools. The twitti school in zambia was completed and opened in july 2012.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41K | $41K | $37K | — | — | $34K |
| 2023 | $84K | $67K | $63K | — | — | $32K |
| 2022 | $26K | $39K | $36K | — | — | $15K |
| 2021 | $26K | $9,476 | $6,356 | — | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $58K | $65K | $61K | — | — | $11K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shelley O'Callaghan (director); Patricia Ellsworth (director); Judith Kramer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends for Zambia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843836925RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.