Hopethiopia
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 815113295RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($562,517) as filed with the CRA.
Hopethiopia is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $549K in revenue and $563K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $371K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The following describes the ongoing and new charitable programs of hopethiopia. - education - construction - health care - orphan care and sponsorship programs - reforestation - agriculture programs - other - orphaned and homeless youth/young adult empowerment - men - orphaned youth/young adult empowerment - women - children of hope's orphaned men and women - land development/agriculture - rwanda community support - canadian community support - international community support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $549K | $563K | $522K | $22K | — | $199K |
| 2023 | $553K | $656K | $610K | $26K | — | $199K |
| 2022 | $487K | $525K | $487K | $21K | — | $303K |
| 2021 | $441K | $388K | $333K | $25K | — | $341K |
| 2020 | $400K | $435K | $400K | $501 | — | $287K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $371K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- The Calgary Foundation$60K
- Health Partners International of Canada$18K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- The William J. Spence ICD Memorial Foundation$6,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,553
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$9,000
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ralph Dubienski (director); Wayne King (director); Melaku Kassaye (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hopethiopia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815113295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.