Villages of Hope: Africa Society
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 849503073RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,230,913) as filed with the CRA.
Villages of Hope: Africa Society is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 61% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.1M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $85K in 2024, the largest being $85K to The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Assist children's villages in Africa by raising funds and recruiting sponsors for the purpose of providing shelter education nutrition and health care for orphans and vulnerable children. Ensure all standards are met for initiatives established by the Society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4.2M | $3.8M | — | $85K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $4.2M | $3.9M | $3.4M | — | $63K | $2M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.7M | — | — | $53K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $5M | $4.5M | — | — | $48K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.9M | — | — | $18K | $880K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $85K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $3.1M from 32 charities:
- Ash Family Charitable Foundation$1.3M
- Erdo$916K
- Oasis Community Church Inc.$274K
- Reliable Charitable Foundation of Hope$210K
- Deo Gratias Foundation$100K
- UTSS Charities International$75K
- Soar Like an Eagle Foundation$63K
- The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada$25K
- Coquitlam Alliance Church$24K
- Cross Church Winnipeg Inc.$23K
- Broadway Pentecostal Church$23K
- Sunday Line Communications Society$20K
- Christian Stewardship Services$12K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,365
- The Toronto Evangelistic Association$7,000
- The Harbour$6,000
- Southside Pentecostal Assembly of Edmonton$5,133
- Emmanuel Church of Westbank$3,500
- New Creation Church$2,400
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$2,250
- Lighthouse Church PAOC$2,000
- Highway Christian Fellowship$2,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$1,968
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,698
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
D Murray Cornelius (chairperson); Sergio Bersaglio (executive director); Janet Chau (board member); Jonathan Chescoe (board member); Everlyn Chitente (board member); David Adcook (board member); Judy Hearn (secretary /treasurer); Stephen Nicholson (board member); Kathy Sykes (board member); Munetsi Zowa (board member); Jeremy Feller (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Villages of Hope: Africa Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849503073RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.