Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity (tembo)
Charitable organization · Stittsville, Ontario · BN 856825872RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($289,182) as filed with the CRA.
Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity (tembo) is a charitable organization based in Stittsville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $261K in revenue and $289K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 47% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Sponsoring program for girls' education (secondary/vocational) women's microfinance program community learning centre girls' hostel in tanzania women's literacy program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $261K | $289K | $272K | $3,294 | — | $70K |
| 2023 | $263K | $262K | $430 | $12K | — | $110K |
| 2022 | $205K | $189K | $175K | $2,284 | — | $120K |
| 2021 | $226K | $159K | $146K | $2,704 | — | $110K |
| 2020 | $204K | $235K | $216K | $5,811 | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Arbogast (director); Margaret Kennedy (secretary); Virginia Taylor (treasurer); Melissa Clark (president); Arlene McKechnie (vice-president); Cheryl Foy (director); Dennis Seebach (director); Elizabeth Thornley (director); Clarissa Brocklehurst (director); Jennifer Kerr-Dittrich (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity (tembo)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856825872RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.