Hands At Work In Africa (Canada) Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 848314225RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,370,261) as filed with the CRA.
Hands At Work In Africa (Canada) Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $509K.
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 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Hands at work in africa (canada) society is a development organization working in the poorest of the poor communities across eight african countries to build resilience in oprhans and vulnerable children and their families by mobilizing and empowering the local church in africa to reach out with friendship advocacy and essential services (food security basic health care and eucation); and mobilizing the church in canada to partner with and support the local church in africa in the mission to care for orphans and vulnerable children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $6,241 | — | $778K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $3,842 | — | $767K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $3,510 | — | $857K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1M | $994K | $4,245 | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $9,785 | — | $766K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $509K from 23 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$86K
- Canadahelps Canadon$86K
- Lakeview Free Methodist Church Inc.$50K
- The Evangelical Covenant Church of Calgary$47K
- Abundance Canada$46K
- Aqueduct Foundation$30K
- Westside King's Church Society$28K
- First Baptist Church Lloydminster$25K
- Christian Stewardship Services$23K
- Bragg Creek Community Church of God$22K
- Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Fenwick$17K
- Peoples Ministries Inc.$16K
- Grand Centre Alliance Church$11K
- Osler Mission Chapel Inc.$9,556
- Manitou Evangelical Free Church$3,600
- Lloydminster School Division$3,500
- McKernan Baptist Church of Edmonton Alberta$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,478
- 15:5 Church INC.$1,100
- Withrow Gospel Mission$1,000
- The Sixty Three Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$553
- ATCO Electric Epic$400
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$384K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marc Damour (director); Frank Letkeman (director/secretary); Katie Wells (director/chairperson); Tim Van Hoffen (director); Jonathan Mycio (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hands At Work In Africa (Canada) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848314225RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.