Umoja Operation Compassion Society
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 886425909RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,212,565) as filed with the CRA.
Umoja Operation Compassion Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 55% from government, 31% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $300K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $645K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The society is dedicated to empowering minorities refugees and immigrants to integrate into the canadian society by providing a variety of culturally sensitive programs to help families children and youth integrate successfully into their new social environment. The ongoing programs include a literacy and life skills program three unique parenting programs an outreach program drop-in sewing and children ages 6-12 program. The society also supports initiatives meant to improve the quality of life in the third world such as the rwentutu community school an elementary school loca…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $4,367 | — | $49K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $875K | $11K | $0 | $31K |
| 2022 | $902K | $885K | $793K | $8,465 | — | $37K |
| 2021 | $667K | $667K | $399K | — | — | $19K |
| 2020 | $645K | $617K | $555K | $60K | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $300K from 12 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$158K
- Vancouver Foundation$50K
- Oakville Community Foundation$43K
- Joyful Living Joyful Giving Foundation$13K
- Thomas Skidmore Legacy Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,072
- ST. Mark's Evangelical Luthern Church of Vancouver BC$8,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$201
- Canadahelps Canadon$57
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$595K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruby Virani (director); Beatrice Okyere (director); Geoffrey Baziira (board chairperson); Margaret Akulia (director); Mesfen Berhane (director); Emily Siemens (director and treasurer); Amos Kambere (director and president); Audrey Staudacher (board vice chair director); Mambo Masinda (director); Berthier Kyobela (director); Jethro Kambere (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Umoja Operation Compassion Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886425909RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.