Sparks Humanitarian Society Canada
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 803979277RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($288,508) as filed with the CRA.
Sparks Humanitarian Society Canada is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $288K in revenue and $289K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,692.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The society provides scholarships and other support (eg housing food transportation and book expenses) for students from central asia to purse secondary and higher education in canada working in partnership with academic institutions and universities in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $288K | $289K | $285K | — | — | $9,458 |
| 2023 | $244K | $250K | $247K | — | — | $10K |
| 2022 | $288K | $275K | $272K | — | — | $17K |
| 2021 | $241K | $252K | $249K | — | — | $4,217 |
| 2020 | $241K | $263K | $259K | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $2,692 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Tazim Suleman (director); Rishma Thomas (director); Karim Thomas (president).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sparks Humanitarian Society Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803979277RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.