Global Brigades Health and Development
Charitable organization · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 832594139RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,000,793) as filed with the CRA.
Global Brigades Health and Development is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
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 85% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $350K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Global brigades health and development ( the 'organization') is not-for-profit organization incorporated without share capital under the societies act of ontario. The organization is a registered charity and is exemt from the payment of income taxes under the income tax act. The organization the canadian representative of global brigades association ( international) raises funds and provides student and professional volunteers for charitable programs and speical projects in developing countries. Charitable work and fundraising is conducted through a network of university clubs and includes I…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1M | $98K | — | $872K | $210K |
| 2023 | $753K | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $474K | $438K | $331K | — | — | $38K |
| 2021 | $231K | $235K | $210K | — | — | $2,354 |
| 2020 | $350K | $371K | $331K | — | — | $5,971 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$98K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Theoren Goosney (chairperson- govt & strategy); Cindy Zhang (treasurer); Aparna Karthikeyan (executive associate); David Shamala (director at large- hr); Mohammed Sohrab Zadran (director at large); Reena Tandon (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Global Brigades Health and Development’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832594139RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.