Simbi Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 810338723RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,094) as filed with the CRA.
Simbi Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $18K in revenue and $2,094 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,936.
None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $170K in 2020 to $18K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Supporting learnersi n uganda and india through our digital curriculum. Supporting our collaboration with the unhcr by providing the bidibidi refugee settlement with access to our digital curriculum. Maintaining 7 brightbox solar-powered classrooms in collaboration with the unhcr in the bidibidi refugee settlement to support learners. Maintaining 1 brightbox micro education kit in palorinya refugee settlement maintaining a bicycle share program under our transportation model to support students in the bidibidi refugee settlement. Surveying teachers on learning outcomes achieved through di…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18K | $2,094 | — | — | — | $20K |
| 2023 | $70K | $86K | $81K | — | — | $4,080 |
| 2022 | $535K | $494K | $364K | — | — | $21K |
| 2021 | $401K | $409K | $334K | — | — | -$20K |
| 2020 | $170K | $163K | $75K | $300 | — | -$12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,936 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$31K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Friedland (chair and president); Des Friedland (boardmember); Colin Mansell (boardmember).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Simbi Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810338723RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.