The Rumie Initiative
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 808860233RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($369,257) as filed with the CRA.
The Rumie Initiative is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $403K in revenue and $369K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $403K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Organize free learning content online with the help of volunteers and deliver it to communities and organizations on low-cost tablets. Continue to maintain and develop tablet software the Rumie app and the LearnCloud Rumie's ontline repository of content. Recruit teacher volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $403K | $369K | $337K | — | — | -$221K |
| 2023 | $679K | $737K | $574K | $46K | — | -$255K |
| 2022 | $812K | $1.5M | $874K | $325K | — | -$196K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $83K | — | $523K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $977K | $157K | — | $820K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$183K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sameer Jagetia (board member); Stuart Kerr (board member); Tariq Fancy (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rumie Initiative’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808860233RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.