Ghana Rural Integrated Development (grid)
Charitable organization · Uxbridge, Ontario · BN 837694926RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,911,966) as filed with the CRA.
Ghana Rural Integrated Development (grid) is a charitable organization based in Uxbridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 18% from government, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $622K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $4.2M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity was established in response to the starvation cycle experienced in northern ghana. Its mandate is primarily that of providing the means for the people of this area to be self-sufficient. Programs provide assistance for food and water; healthcare; education and christian ministry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $4M | $3.7M | — | — | $630K |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $4M | $4M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $3.8M | $3.3M | — | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $622K from 18 charities:
- The Makbraneth Foundation$350K
- St. Paul's Leaskdale$197K
- Abundance Canada$51K
- Mariann Trust$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,550
- Westney Heights Baptist Church$4,000
- Talbot Creek Community Church$2,075
- Stouffville Memorial Christian Church$2,020
- Georgetown Christian Fellowship$1,110
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,000
- Seasons Trust$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$980
- Coldbrook Baptist Church$800
- Pleasantville Baptist Church$800
- Goodwood Baptist Church$700
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$515
- Milton Baptist Church$50
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$36
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$270K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Bayless (treasurer); David Butcher (chairman); David Pavey (director); Charles Peniston (director); Cheryl Weber (director); Lynnita Weber (director); Jennifer Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ghana Rural Integrated Development (grid)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837694926RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.