Socio-Economic and Environmental Development Solutions (SEEDS)
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 801572736RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,705) as filed with the CRA.
Socio-Economic and Environmental Development Solutions (SEEDS) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5,804 in revenue and $6,705 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,241.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $13K in 2020 to $5,804 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS (SEEDS) Collects non-GMO vegetable and fruit tree seeds We send these seeds to 5 cities in Zambia Africa for them to grow food. In exchange our benefactors collect fallen local tree seeds for our tree nursery in Zambia to reforest schools and communities. Proceeds from the sale of these trees help support Elephants. We have established 2 bed and breakfast locations within our resource gardens to enable our beneficiaries to become more self sufficiant. We have sent over 6 million seeds to Zambia and distributed them to over 500 families i…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,804 | $6,705 | $6,705 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $6,758 | — | $5,365 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $6,528 | $15K | $15K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $10K | $8,820 | $8,820 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $13K | $10K | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,241 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Hutchinson (president); Sorcha Kellett (treasurer); Ellena Andoniou (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Socio-Economic and Environmental Development Solutions (SEEDS)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801572736RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.