Rising Out of the Ashes (ROOTA)
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 783861529RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($179,190) as filed with the CRA.
Rising Out of the Ashes (ROOTA) is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $176K in revenue and $179K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $98K in 2020 to $176K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1) to advance education by: offering adult literacy programs and preparatory courses to persons who are poor or in need and providing publicly available scholarships bursaries and other forms of the financial assistance to persons who are poor or in need to be used for elementary secondary post- secondary or trade schools; and 2) to relieve poverty by: providing basic necessities of life including food clean water clothing and/or shelter to individuals or families who are poor or in need; and establishing and supporting a daycare for needy children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $176K | $179K | $176K | — | — | $180K |
| 2023 | $139K | $86K | $83K | — | — | $193K |
| 2022 | $113K | $89K | $87K | — | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $114K | $62K | $48K | — | — | $115K |
| 2020 | $98K | $39K | $36K | — | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 7 charities:
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$14K
- Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton Charitable Foundation$3,000
- The Rotary Club of Toronto Philanthropic Fund$2,000
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,000
- Rotary Club of Belleville Charitable Trust$1,000
- Fruit of the Spirit Foundation$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$39
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$51K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nevine Yassa (president); Amal Milad Shahid (member at large); Amal Azer (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rising Out of the Ashes (ROOTA)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 783861529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.