Work of Your Hand Canada
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 804298248RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($253,600) as filed with the CRA.
Work of Your Hand Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $284K in revenue and $254K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We raise awareness of injustices occurring to impoverished people in underdeveloped nations and raise support to address these issues overseas. We work to help alleviate poverty in developing nations by working with the underprivileged and marginalized to help them regain hope dignity and self-worth by providing vocational training and employment opportunities family assistance and emotional and spiritual care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $284K | $254K | $242K | $480 | — | $251K |
| 2023 | $208K | $163K | $154K | $0 | — | $220K |
| 2022 | $168K | $134K | $125K | $0 | — | $193K |
| 2021 | $131K | $156K | $142K | $2,815 | — | $158K |
| 2020 | $211K | $171K | $150K | $8,940 | — | $183K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 9 charities:
- Abundance Canada$7,939
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,922
- Foothills Alliance Church$6,240
- Wesmont Foundation$5,000
- Edmonton Chinese Alliance Church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$2,549
- South Edmonton Alliance Church$2,400
- Grand Centre Alliance Church$1,800
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,560
- Prairie Bible Institute$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$71K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randy Poon (chair); Carol Love (treasurer); Darren Polischuk (director); Minako Polischuk (executive director); Ian Trigg (director); Todd Greiner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Work of Your Hand Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804298248RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.