Help a Village Effort Inc.
Public foundation · Minden, Ontario · BN 853355071RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($114,129) as filed with the CRA.
Help a Village Effort Inc. is a public foundation based in Minden, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $80K in revenue and $114K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,447.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $51K in 2020 to $80K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The organization is a rural based non-government organization (ngo) responding practically to initiatives taken by indigenous ngos working with very needy neglected villagers in some of the world s poorest areas. Typically 95% of the donated funds goes directly to the provision of safe drinking water mostly via bore (artesian) wells . They are supported by interested support groups and especially individual donations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $80K | $114K | $104K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $77K | $97K | $93K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $98K | $105K | $101K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $141K | $68K | — | — | — | $81K |
| 2020 | $51K | $54K | $50K | — | — | $8,554 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,447 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michele Coneybeare (chairperson); Paul Heffer (treasurer); Debbie Wales (director); Cathy Stephens (director); Lisa Gervais (director); Darren Mills (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Help a Village Effort Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853355071RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.