Tegemeza (Support) Society
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 727429698RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,984,201) as filed with the CRA.
Tegemeza (Support) Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $14.5M in revenue and $22M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5,750 in 2020 to $14.5M in 2024.
In its own words
Relief of poverty for vulnerable women and children through basic necessities of food clean water shelter medical supplies and education (school fees school books tuition uniform food exam fees school supplies etc.) relief of poverty and advance education through training and skills workshops for poor vulnerable women groups; single mothers elderly disabled widows; business management budgeting life skills menstruation education for girls. Relieve hunger through a food program for school aged children (k-12) relieve hunger with food basket deliveries to families in need
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.5M | $22M | $21.9M | $8,203 | — | $14.6M |
| 2023 | $22.2M | $9.6M | $9.6M | $1,779 | — | $22.2M |
| 2022 | $9.7M | $6,178 | $1,228 | — | — | $53K |
| 2021 | $33K | $30K | $1,429 | — | $24K | — |
| 2020 | $5,750 | $9,845 | $1,552 | — | $7,946 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tegemeza (Support) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 727429698RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.