The Global Schoolhouse Initiative
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 780577516RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,139) as filed with the CRA.
The Global Schoolhouse Initiative is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 $8,836 in revenue and $5,139 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $637.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,249 in 2023, the largest being $2,249 to Kinder Santa Familia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5,760 in 2020 to $8,836 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We give educational equipment and programs to students in developing nations. We develop and provide education curriculum. We deliver educational equipment and programs and train local organizations to provide education to students. Operation of the schools after implementation is provided by the local community. We maintain contact with deployed projects to monitor progress. We have volunteers that travel to the locations to deliver the equipment and train the local organizations how to use it.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8,836 | $5,139 | $1,249 | — | $0 | $13K |
| 2023 | $9,828 | $16K | $8,840 | — | — | -$8,789 |
| 2022 | $38K | $32K | $26K | — | $0 | $6,495 |
| 2021 | $11K | $5,754 | $4,917 | — | $0 | $193 |
| 2020 | $5,760 | $3,458 | $1,272 | — | $0 | -$4,659 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $2,249 to 1 qualified donee:
- Kinder Santa Familia$2,249
Received $637 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aline Assaf (chair of board); Diego Pozo (board member); R.Yasmeen Sehbai (chief executive officer); Iain Ogilvie (chief financial officer); Jessica Shackil (board memeber).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Global Schoolhouse Initiative’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 780577516RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.