Raising the Village Inc.
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·3F - 1 UNIVERSITY AVE · TORONTO, ON · M5J 2P1·BN 821549391RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
90¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
9%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.4 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$21.7M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Raising the Village Inc.?
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Is Raising the Village Inc. a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 821549391RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Raising the Village Inc. located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 3F - 1 UNIVERSITY AVE, TORONTO, ON, M5J 2P1. Source.
What does Raising the Village Inc. do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Bringing sustainable solution programs to rural communities in Uganda Rwanda and the DRC. We design sustainable solution-based projects to address a village's most significant challenges in the areas of healthcare water and sanitation agriculture and nutrition and community development." Full program description.
How much of Raising the Village Inc.'s spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Raising the Village Inc.?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $21.7M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $10M–$100M revenue band, alongside 1,776 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Bringing sustainable solution programs to rural communities in Uganda Rwanda and the DRC. We design sustainable solution-based projects to address a village's most significant challenges in the areas of healthcare water and sanitation agriculture and nutrition and community development.
New programs
We are constantly planning and engaging in new projects with the same focus and are now expanding into new countries.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
90¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size ($10M–$100M).
this charity 90¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
9%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.4 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($10M–$100M, 1,776): median 0.4 yr; 53% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$21.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
0%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
100%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $2.4M | 88¢ | 11% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $5.0M | 89¢ | 10% | 0.8 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $5.8M | 91¢ | 8% | 0.5 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $12.7M | 89¢ | 10% | 0.6 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $13.0M | 89¢ | 10% | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $21.7M | 90¢ | 9% | 0.4 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Cheung, Shawn HDirectorarm's length
- Desai, VirajDirectorarm's length
- Feather, DavidDirectorarm's length
- Filip, Cheryl SDirectorarm's length
- Fry, TomDirectorarm's length
- Phyper, John DChairpersonarm's length
- Assamoi, Yao BertrandDirectorarm's length
- Klimek, MadelineSecretaryarm's length
- Newton, James EDirector Chair FARarm's length
- Muhangi, LydiaDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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