Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada
Charitable organization · Oakville, Ontario · BN 877516385RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,669,009) as filed with the CRA.
Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 62% from other charities. In 2024, 57 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 1,125 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 fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $119K in 2024, the largest being $119K to Opportunity International Canada Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $7.5M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Founded in 1997 we are part of a global Non-Profit group of organizations that develop sustainable finance-based solutions to give people the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty. The Opportunity global network and its partners annually reach an estimated 18.7 million families with access to tailored financial services relevant training and support groups—solutions that empower low-income families especially mothers to grow small businesses farms and schools earn a sustainable income invest in the health and well-being of their families and send their children to school ef…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $955K | $356K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5.5M | $3.5M | $997K | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $7M | $7.2M | $5.4M | $970K | $294K | $2M |
| 2021 | $6M | $6.6M | $4.8M | $965K | $388K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $7.5M | $9.3M | $7.7M | $941K | $289K | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $119K to 1 qualified donee:
- Opportunity International Canada Foundation$119K
Received $2.7M from 57 charities:
- Opportunity International Canada Foundation/fondation Opportunité Internationale Canada$1.1M
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$130K
- The Calgary Foundation$100K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$100K
- Shah Family Foundation$100K
- Spray Lake Sawmills Foundation$100K
- Bridgeway Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$92K
- Canadahelps Canadon$92K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$80K
- The Morris Foundation$70K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$69K
- Aqueduct Foundation$65K
- Seacliff Foundation$60K
- Tamara Foundation$35K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$35K
- The Jaylin Foundation$30K
- Regent Family Foundation$30K
- Abundance Canada$28K
- Kehila Foundation$25K
- Redleaf Foundation$21K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$20K
- Joyful Living Joyful Giving Foundation$20K
- Harrison-Cooper Foundation$15K
- Trinity Presbyterian Church$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$581K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Mach (chair); Oricel Caminero (director); Gary Nissen (treasurer); Stan Pauls (director); Lise Struthers (director); Heiner Ophardt (director); Stephen Verhoeff (director); Jackie Dinsmore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Opportunity International Canada/opportunité Internationale Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877516385RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.