The Townships Project
Charitable organization · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 864188420RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,873) as filed with the CRA.
The Townships Project is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $52K in revenue and $63K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To fund initial development programs for the relief of poverty in the townships area of South Africa. Fundraising is done in Canada to support the above mentioned relief in South Africa.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $63K | $60K | — | $0 | $98K |
| 2023 | $61K | $49K | $45K | — | $0 | $110K |
| 2022 | $31K | $34K | $31K | — | — | $96K |
| 2021 | $35K | $89K | $83K | — | — | $101K |
| 2020 | $43K | $65K | $48K | — | — | $154K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
F Martha Deacon (founder and ceo); McKinley Ambrose (director); Brian Dodd (secretary); Carol Rowsell (chairperson); Heather Read (director); Maria Thomson (treasurer); Craig Hermanson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Townships Project’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864188420RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.