Ghana Medical Help
Charitable organizationSupportive health care·3740 BELAIRE DR · NANAIMO, BC · V9T 5A1·BN 828724138RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
Cents to cause T1
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not in this filing
Operating overhead T1
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not in this filing
Reserves T1
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not in this filing
Revenue T1
$366K
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
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Common questions
How do I donate to Ghana Medical Help?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is Ghana Medical Help a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 828724138RR0001. 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 Ghana Medical Help located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 3740 BELAIRE DR, NANAIMO, BC, V9T 5A1. Source.
What does Ghana Medical Help do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Purchase organize and transport medical equipment to non-profit hospitals in Ghana. Design and provide training programs for community health care workers in recipient hospitals for the purpose of demonstrating proper use of donated medical equipment teaching clinical skills and providing medical education…" Full program description.
How big is Ghana Medical Help?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $366K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Purchase organize and transport medical equipment to non-profit hospitals in Ghana. Design and provide training programs for community health care workers in recipient hospitals for the purpose of demonstrating proper use of donated medical equipment teaching clinical skills and providing medical education. Improve the health equity of remote communities in northern Ghana through public health education workshops and livestock-based income generating solutions for farming families. Design and provide training workshops and a computerized maintenance management system for biomedical … Show more
Purchase organize and transport medical equipment to non-profit hospitals in Ghana. Design and provide training programs for community health care workers in recipient hospitals for the purpose of demonstrating proper use of donated medical equipment teaching clinical skills and providing medical education. Improve the health equity of remote communities in northern Ghana through public health education workshops and livestock-based income generating solutions for farming families. Design and provide training workshops and a computerized maintenance management system for biomedical engineers in recipient hospitals in Ghana to facilitate better equipment maintenance and repair and to improve the longevity of donated medical equipment.
New programs
The GMH Medical Training Scholarship Award was created to support the medical training of future Ghanaian leaders in healthcare who are committed to rural service and lower-resource communities in Ghana. The goal of this scholarship is to improve health equity in Ghana for underserved northern populations. This program is considered an extension of our preexisting program aimed at supporting the education and training of northern healthcare workers. GMH awarded two scholarships - one to support an impoverished orphan attend medical school in northern Ghana and a second to support a north… Show more
The GMH Medical Training Scholarship Award was created to support the medical training of future Ghanaian leaders in healthcare who are committed to rural service and lower-resource communities in Ghana. The goal of this scholarship is to improve health equity in Ghana for underserved northern populations. This program is considered an extension of our preexisting program aimed at supporting the education and training of northern healthcare workers. GMH awarded two scholarships - one to support an impoverished orphan attend medical school in northern Ghana and a second to support a northern healthcare worker complete a Master's of Public Health degree.
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.
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Not computable from this filing.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$366K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)52%
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
52%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
48%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $96K | 95¢ | 5% | — |
| 2020-08-31 | $61K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| 2021-08-31 | $28K | 52¢ | 48% | — |
| 2022-08-31 | $94K | 86¢ | 14% | — |
| 2023-08-31 | $102K | 90¢ | 10% | 0.2 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $366K | — | — | — |
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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
5 directors reported · 2 of 5at arm's length
- Hadfield, Kelly HBoard Chairnot at arm's length
- Hadfield, HeleneDirectornot at arm's length
- Murray, JacquelineDirectorarm's length
- Awafo, VictorDirectorarm's length
- Martin, KylieTreasurernot at arm'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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