Right to Learn Afghanistan
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 887718203RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,070,497) as filed with the CRA.
Right to Learn Afghanistan is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 23% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $534K.
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 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $840K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
lnvesting in Basic Education Grants & Scholarships Community & Family Literacy Technology for Education Afghan Policy Dialogue Public Engagement Resettlement
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $149K | $0 | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $112K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $82K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $964K | $66K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $840K | $1M | $859K | $49K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $534K from 36 charities:
- Wheeler Family Foundation$125K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- P.E.A.R.L. Foundation$50K
- The David and Patricia Morton Family Foundation$40K
- P.E.A.R.L. Foundation$30K
- The Calgary Foundation$28K
- Canada Gives$23K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$20K
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$20K
- Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Humanity Fund$15K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$10K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$8,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,123
- Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.$6,986
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,550
- Burlington Community Foundation$5,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
- McLean Smits Family Foundation$5,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$5,000
- The Newall Family Foundation$4,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,313
- R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation$3,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$3,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,226
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$587K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheri Burke-Gaffney (financial officer); Lauryn Oates (executive director); Laila Rashid (board/chair director); Murwarid Ziayee (senior director); Ahmad Fawad Akbari (director); Sarah Hayes (director); Deb Atkinson (treasurer); Somaya Amiri (director); Philip Cartwright (director); Nazila Jamshidi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Right to Learn Afghanistan’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887718203RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.