We are the Villagers
Charitable organization · Midland, Ontario · BN 828742486RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,647) as filed with the CRA.
We are the Villagers is a charitable organization based in Midland, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $181K in revenue and $156K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide financial assistance to low income children to participate in recreation arts and cultural programs and to provide mentoring and counselling to children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $181K | $156K | $85K | $14K | $0 | $93K |
| 2023 | $127K | $142K | $96K | $18K | — | $68K |
| 2022 | $94K | $97K | $47K | — | $0 | $83K |
| 2021 | $76K | $104K | — | — | — | $86K |
| 2020 | $140K | $127K | $79K | $11K | — | $114K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoffrey Crompton (vice president); Mark Bonham (director); Robert Cooper (vice president); Matyas Hervieux (president); Dale Lediard (director); Aparna Swaminathan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from We are the Villagers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828742486RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.