VALISES POUR L'AFRIQUE/ SUITCASES FOR AFRICA
Charitable organizationSupport of religion·603 - 321 AV LANTHIER · POINTE-CLAIRE, QC · H9S 5K6·BN 846826451RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
75¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
25%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$28K
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
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Is Valises Pour L'afrique a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 846826451RR0001. 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 Valises Pour L'afrique located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 603 - 321 AV LANTHIER, POINTE-CLAIRE, QC, H9S 5K6. Source.
What does Valises Pour L'afrique do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Our main focus remains education sponsorships and scholarships for orphans and vulnerable children within our catchment areas. Our goal is to see all of our students who are already registered in our programs get to complete their education as far as they are able. We now have several students pursuing a university…" Full program description.
How much of Valises Pour L'afrique's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 75¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Valises Pour L'afrique?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $28K (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
Our main focus remains education sponsorships and scholarships for orphans and vulnerable children within our catchment areas. Our goal is to see all of our students who are already registered in our programs get to complete their education as far as they are able. We now have several students pursuing a university degree! Providing clean accessible drinking water is another focus for us. In Kenya they say that 'Water is Life' and we agree that wells should be a priority as often as we can afford to do so. Helping to alleviate the ravages of malaria remains high on our priority list. To tha… Show more
Our main focus remains education sponsorships and scholarships for orphans and vulnerable children within our catchment areas. Our goal is to see all of our students who are already registered in our programs get to complete their education as far as they are able. We now have several students pursuing a university degree! Providing clean accessible drinking water is another focus for us. In Kenya they say that 'Water is Life' and we agree that wells should be a priority as often as we can afford to do so. Helping to alleviate the ravages of malaria remains high on our priority list. To that end we provide as many mosquito nets each year to as many families as we can afford. We are grateful for our volunteers in Canada as well as in Kenya.
New programs
We are working on implementing some new guidelines for the maintenance of wells that we are sure will extend the life of the inner workings of each well. We also plan on researching the feasibility of converting some of the existing wells to solar pumps due to the fact that the hand pump mechanism is what often fails and needs repairs. We will continue to concentrate our efforts on the projects that we have identified as having the greatest impact within our mandate to 'support orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya through education nutrition and healthcare'.
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.
75¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 75¢ 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 (under $1M).
this charity 75¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
25%
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
—
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)$28K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)58%
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
58%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
42%
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 | $47K | 81¢ | 19% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $32K | 57¢ | 43% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $21K | 71¢ | 29% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $21K | 98¢ | 28% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $17K | 100¢ | 36% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $28K | 75¢ | 25% | — |
| 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
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- ANDERSON, DARLENEPRESIDENTarm's length
- BUCHANAN, WENDYTREASURERarm's length
- MORGAN, MARYSECRETARYarm's length
- SHEPARD, MICHELEVICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
- PEARSON, DEBORAHDIRECTORarm's length
- BYERS, MAYADIRECTORarm's length
- HAUSEN, KATRINADIRECTORarm'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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