Gedi Village Foundation
Publicly funded institution · York, Ontario · BN 837700939RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,917) as filed with the CRA.
Gedi Village Foundation is a charitable organization based in York, Ontario, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $57 in revenue and $17K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $137K in 2020 to $57 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Friendship In Action's (FIA's) main program is Kids Helping Kids Manage Stress. The program is designed for students in grades 6-8 and focuses on stress management. The program provides a student-lead support group where students can discuss their thoughts and feelings in a safe environment and support their peers with compassion. The goal is to help kids talk listen and connect so they can reduce stress become more empathetic and increase their social and emotional intelligence. FIA also provided a modified version of KHKMS to parents which focused on stress management and peer-to-peer …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $57 | $17K | $10K | — | — | $97K |
| 2023 | $8,082 | $5,875 | $667 | — | — | $114K |
| 2022 | $46K | $103K | $53K | — | — | $112K |
| 2021 | $147K | $134K | $103K | — | — | $168K |
| 2020 | $137K | $138K | $93K | — | — | $156K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$71K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Quinn Simpson (chair); Kwaku Agyeman; Susan Mamie Griffith; Hal Hannaford; Sara (wai Man) Leung; Andrea Love (treasurer); Deena Kara Shaffer; Isaiah Shafqat (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gedi Village Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837700939RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.