Seeds of Love and Hope International Society
Charitable organization · Maple Ridge, British Columbia · BN 823482310RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($663,027) as filed with the CRA.
Seeds of Love and Hope International Society is a charitable organization based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $593K in revenue and $663K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $352K in 2020 to $593K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing impoverished communities near medellin columbia with shelter basic physical and educational needs through the society by providing: - nutritious meals to children - means for children to go to school including school supplies and uniforms - tutoring - temporary shelter for safety reasons - medical and dental care - instruction of skills for adults in self-sufficiency providing spiritual mental emotional and moral well-being in these impoverished communities through biblical teaching and professional services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $593K | $663K | $539K | $84K | $12K | $510K |
| 2023 | $672K | $677K | $604K | $55K | — | $579K |
| 2022 | $528K | $446K | $394K | $37K | — | $586K |
| 2021 | $550K | $341K | $308K | $19K | — | $504K |
| 2020 | $352K | $408K | $366K | $31K | — | $295K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K from 9 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$14K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,581
- The Peter Kingma Family Foundation$2,500
- Cornerstone Neighbourhood Fellowship Baptist Church$2,400
- Warmland Community Baptist Church$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,440
- Fraser Valley Gleaners Society$828
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$306K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Blom (secretary); Marc Lafleur (director); Tirza Madrigal (treasurer); Jorge Silva (director); Quinn Berry (director); Daniel Dick (director); Michele Anderson (chair of the board).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seeds of Love and Hope International Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823482310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.