Great Zimbabwe Cultural Society of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 851949586RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($407,290) as filed with the CRA.
Great Zimbabwe Cultural Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $484K in revenue and $407K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 48% from government, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $252K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $295K in 2022 to $484K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Seniors Program Food Security Research Refugees Support Promotion of culture Women’s program - Advisory committee meetings ran a survey to identified women issues and trained economic development facilitators Men’s program - Men’s committee meetings holding community meetings for men promoting volunteering and identifying issues affecting men
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $484K | $407K | $340K | — | — | $125K |
| 2023 | $376K | $357K | $325K | $0 | $0 | $48K |
| 2022 | $295K | $288K | $263K | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $252K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$59K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Chidzambwa (executive director); Simbarashe Basvi (board member); Jameson Mtanga (board member); Ngonidzashe Kadzirange (board member); Ropafadwa Hove (treasurer); Jestina Kusina (co-chair); Crynos Mabiza (director); Pardon Masirirambi (director); Calisto Mudzingwa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Great Zimbabwe Cultural Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851949586RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.