Raising the Village Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 821549391RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,276,320) as filed with the CRA.
Raising the Village Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $21.7M in revenue and $19.3M in expenditures.
In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $146K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5M in 2020 to $21.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Bringing sustainable solution programs to rural communities in Uganda Rwanda and the DRC. We design sustainable solution-based projects to address a village's most significant challenges in the areas of healthcare water and sanitation agriculture and nutrition and community development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.7M | $19.3M | $17.4M | $890K | — | $9.7M |
| 2023 | $13M | $12M | $10.6M | $628K | — | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $12.7M | $7.7M | $6.9M | $419K | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $6M | $5.5M | $214K | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $5M | $2.8M | $2.4M | $130K | $0 | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $146K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shawn Cheung (director); Viraj Desai (director); David Feather (director); Cheryl Filip (director); Tom Fry (director); John Phyper (chairperson); Yao Bertrand Assamoi (director); Madeline Klimek (secretary); James Newton (director chair far); Lydia Muhangi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Raising the Village Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821549391RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.