Niteo Africa Society
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 832087068RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($165,551) as filed with the CRA.
Niteo Africa Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $143K in revenue and $166K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 5% from government, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $40K in 2020 to $143K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Niteo africa society was established to create partnership of ugandans and canadians focused on enriching life-wide literacy communities through books capacity-building and reciprocal partnerships. Work within these partnerships to fund and oversee reading corners stocked with books donated by individuals schools and other communtiy organizations in canada. Create awareness among canadians bysending teams of travellers to uganda on an annual (or near-annual ) basis. In 2022 we launched a family reading program in kelowna canada to strengthen lifewide literacy among newcomers and refuge…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $143K | $166K | $74K | — | $1,452 | $143K |
| 2023 | $144K | $137K | $31K | $1,173 | $25K | $166K |
| 2022 | $182K | $140K | $52K | — | — | $159K |
| 2021 | $80K | $3,766 | $3,766 | — | — | $118K |
| 2020 | $40K | $23K | $20K | — | — | $46K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $102K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Central Okanagan Foundation$17K
- First West Foundation$11K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$3,500
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$2,400
- R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- Hope Mission$2,000
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$86K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruce Merrifield (director); Shandrea Tesoriere (director); Karine Veldhoen (director/founder/chair); Jamie Stevens (director); Segun Fatudimu (director); Carly La Berge (director); Camila Monagas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niteo Africa Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832087068RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.