WE Charity Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 773125687RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,840,932) as filed with the CRA.
WE Charity Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $571K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We charity foundation supports work internationally in developing countries with programs in education health alternative income and food security.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $2.8M | $293K | — | $2.3M | $5M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $197K | — | $1.8M | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $590K | $2.7M | $1.1M | — | $1.4M | $6M |
| 2021 | $10.2M | $2M | $110K | — | $1.9M | $8.1M |
| 2020 | — | $30K | — | — | — | -$33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $571K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$694K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Mainda (co-chair kenya); Linda Rosier (co-chair canada); Paul Hughes (director); Shelmis Wamweya (director); Maria Del Carmen Cevallos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from WE Charity Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 773125687RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.