Vega Education Fund
Charitable organization · Fergus, Ontario · BN 779840875RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,196) as filed with the CRA.
Vega Education Fund is a charitable organization based in Fergus, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $63K in revenue and $62K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $34K in 2020 to $63K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Conducted usual activity this year including providing scholarships to students in Tanzania to attend high school and receive a high quality education. Students received sponsorships. Vega Education worked with charities who are registered NGOs in Tanzania to screen and select promising disadvantaged students enroll them in private high schools monitor their progress and support them to complete a successful year. Other activities included communications with Canadian donors to provide updates on the students' progress and communication with the Tanzanian NGOs to ensure operations contin…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $63K | $62K | $792 | — | $61K | $21K |
| 2023 | $63K | $62K | — | — | $62K | $20K |
| 2022 | $62K | $59K | $59K | — | $0 | $19K |
| 2021 | $40K | $31K | $31K | — | $0 | $16K |
| 2020 | $34K | $30K | $29K | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $25 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leah Katerberg (president); Timothy Katerberg (secretary); Nikesh Ghimire (treasurer); Mary Lyander (director); Vivian Polak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vega Education Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 779840875RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.