Society of Freethinkers (SOFREE)
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 888982196RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,836) as filed with the CRA.
Society of Freethinkers (SOFREE) is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $2,133 in revenue and $3,836 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,726.
Compared with 1,296 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
1. Fellowship meetings - 2nd & 3rd Sunday every month; 2nd Tuesday; 3rd Friday & adhoc - support non-believers 2. Educate the public about the Secular Humanist Philosophy at public events 3. Provide information about and support for non-believers persecuted in regimes outside Canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $2,133 | $3,836 | $1,480 | — | $0 | $2,937 |
| 2022 | $1,289 | — | $255 | — | — | $4,572 |
| 2021 | $1,844 | $1,069 | — | — | — | $3,659 |
| 2020 | $1,521 | $1,903 | $793 | — | — | $2,884 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,726 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Katherine Dimou (president); Doug Thomas (vice - president); Heather Trabulsi (treasurer); Isobel Taylor (secretary).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society of Freethinkers (SOFREE)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888982196RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.