Opportunity International Canada Foundation/fondation Opportunité Internationale Canada
Public foundation · Oakville, Ontario · BN 844310151RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,226,867) as filed with the CRA.
Opportunity International Canada Foundation/fondation Opportunité Internationale Canada is a public foundation based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $430K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada.
In its own words
Opportunity international canada foundation was established with the objectives of developing and promoting projects that will relieve poverty encourage sustained development and improve the quality of life of individuals living in poverty. The foundation receives donations and maintains a fund for the purpose of investing and/or assisting in the start up of micro lending institutions located in developing countries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $430K | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | $1.1M | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $582K | $27K | — | — | — | $6M |
| 2022 | $519K | $61K | — | — | $25K | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $344K | $517K | $490K | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2020 | $599K | $400K | $352K | — | — | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $72K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Opportunity International Canada Foundation/fondation Opportunité Internationale Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 844310151RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.