World in Need
Private foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 852543917RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($90,766) as filed with the CRA.
World in Need is a private foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $111K in revenue and $91K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $38.
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 5% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $19K in 2024, the largest being $19K to Association of Canadian Peacemakers International. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $65K in 2020 to $111K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
India - education help for children including school supplies clothing food kits help with shelter bedding health education medical help for the poor and needy livelihood help for poverty stricken. Romania - help with education assistant provision of food keeping them from poverty and sex trade help with medical supplies and community nursing among the poor kenya - help with computer aided learning (cal) day centre for kids
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $111K | $91K | $4,408 | — | $19K | $74K |
| 2023 | $69K | $133K | $92K | — | $35K | — |
| 2022 | $71K | $84K | $59K | — | $20K | $118K |
| 2021 | $77K | $39K | $33K | — | — | $131K |
| 2020 | $65K | $39K | $35K | — | — | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $38 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dainas Thomas (president); Sapna Thomas (vice president); Shyla Varghese (treasurer); Preethy Thomas (director); Ryan Heit (director); George Pinckney (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from World in Need’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852543917RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.