Nafasi-Opportunity Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 819828203RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($29,704) as filed with the CRA.
Nafasi-Opportunity Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $31K in revenue and $30K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,221.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8,581 in 2020 to $31K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Nafasi-opportunity society launched the mathare women's empowerment project in january 2024. This project takes place in kenya within the mathare slum. This project partners with local organizations to provide women-led vocational training to empowering women and youth in mathare through skills-building workshops to strive for equitable gender income.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31K | $30K | $28K | — | $0 | $4,364 |
| 2023 | $4,531 | $1,326 | $1,326 | — | — | $3,338 |
| 2022 | $903 | $790 | $790 | — | — | $133 |
| 2021 | $660 | $663 | — | — | — | $20 |
| 2020 | $8,581 | $12K | $11K | — | — | $22 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,221 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jack Underschultz (president); Qaasim Mian (vice-president); Rory Mitchell (treasurer); Ronald Cherlet (secretary); Alex Russo (director); Douglas Hill (director); Jaspreet Khangura (director); Edwina Liu (director); Chantel Davis (director); David Edgeworth (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nafasi-Opportunity Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819828203RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.