Wings of Hope for Africa Foundation
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 850144502RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,943) as filed with the CRA.
Wings of Hope for Africa Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $195K in revenue and $75K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $170K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $23K in 2020 to $195K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We provide food grains and other sources of food to persons in need.We provide school medical supplies to poor children in Burundi and Rwanda.We Support single parents and low income families within Canada by providing food hampers and basic need of life.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $195K | $75K | $62K | $0 | $50K | $195K |
| 2023 | $13K | $35K | $23K | — | $0 | $13K |
| 2022 | $120K | $100K | $76K | $0 | $0 | $120K |
| 2021 | $25K | $52K | $29K | — | — | $25K |
| 2020 | $23K | $77K | $55K | — | — | $31K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $170K from 10 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$75K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$36K
- Right To Food$10K
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund$10K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$10K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,952
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,148
- Faith Food Bank Society—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$22K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Makombe Gahiza (president); Heather Kirby (secretary); Linda Bohn (treasurer); Efode Manzi (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wings of Hope for Africa Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850144502RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.