Real Humanitarian
Charitable organization · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 873029102RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,053,031) as filed with the CRA.
Real Humanitarian is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $84K.
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 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Real Humanitarian provides orphaned and vulnerable children and their families with access to health care education vocational training and the basic necessities of life. This is done by financially supporting the children's education which includes paying for school fees uniforms and supplies. We also provide the children with hot meals tutors healthcare basic necessities of life and a learning/family atmosphere at the following centers in Ethiopia: 1) Kid's Hope Ethiopia YTH Alemgena; 2) Kid's Hope Ethiopia YTH Gullele; 3) Kality Educational Center; 4) BEKA Gindo; 5) Degenet Kirkos…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $828K | $101K | — | $126K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $800K | $61K | $0 | -$32K |
| 2022 | $975K | $858K | $593K | $65K | $0 | $146K |
| 2021 | $662K | $708K | $492K | $91K | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $908K | $950K | $688K | $131K | — | $75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $84K from 13 charities:
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$25K
- Vulnerable Children Society$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Humanity Fund$9,000
- Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.$7,382
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation$1,800
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,800
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$960
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$845
- Abundance Canada$840
- United Way of Regina$182
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$6
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$124K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Northcott (chairman); Justin Steed (board member); Paul Morrell (board member); Matthew Gibb (board member); Jonathan Tieman (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Real Humanitarian’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873029102RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.