Hands Across Borders Society
Charitable organization · Sidney, British Columbia · BN 891072126RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($90,707) as filed with the CRA.
Hands Across Borders Society is a charitable organization based in Sidney, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $70K in revenue and $91K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $149.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Habs is now entering its 25th year of operations on zanzibar offering free health care and education to those in need. Our focus is on youth who have not completed their secondary school education and in fact sometimes their primary education. In addition we are also continuing our awareness trainings in healthcare gender violence and environmental education. The jambiani tourism training institute (jtti) continues to provide free educational services and training for local students in tourism and hospitality free english and math upgrade classes and free hot lunches for our students. The …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $70K | $91K | $88K | — | — | -$2,000 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | -$2,000 |
| 2022 | $86K | $112K | $112K | — | — | $12K |
| 2021 | $118K | $82K | $80K | — | — | $12K |
| 2020 | $95K | $82K | $80K | — | — | $3,042 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $149 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$30K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Elias (director); Jabeen Jussa (director); Rochelle Labrie (director); Wayne Quinn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hands Across Borders Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891072126RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.