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Real Humanitarian

Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·203 - 1741 DUNMORE RD SE · MEDICINE HAT, AB · T1A 1Z8·BN 873029102RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Real Humanitarian provides orphaned and vulnerable children and their families with access to health care education vocational training and the basic necessities of life. This is done by financially supporting the children's education which includes paying for school fees uniforms and supplies. We also provide the children with hot meals tutors healthcare basic necessities of life and a learning/family atmosphere at the following centers in Ethiopia: 1) Kid's Hope Ethiopia YTH Alemgena; 2) Kid's Hope Ethiopia YTH Gullele; 3) Kality Educational Center; 4) BEKA Gindo; 5) Degenet Kirkos Show more

Real Humanitarian provides orphaned and vulnerable children and their families with access to health care education vocational training and the basic necessities of life. This is done by financially supporting the children's education which includes paying for school fees uniforms and supplies. We also provide the children with hot meals tutors healthcare basic necessities of life and a learning/family atmosphere at the following centers in Ethiopia: 1) Kid's Hope Ethiopia YTH Alemgena; 2) Kid's Hope Ethiopia YTH Gullele; 3) Kality Educational Center; 4) BEKA Gindo; 5) Degenet Kirkos; 6) Kersa/Turge; 7) Haleku. These centers are designed to support a total of 370 children. Other programs include: Support Street Children and Mother's (SSCM) - supports 50-70 street youth with vocational training to achieve training and government recognition in hairdressing metal and wood work; Scholarship programs provide support for post secondary schooling (includes Gondar/Jimma). Asociación Serniña is the Guatemalan branch of the international REALGirl Foundation. SERniña's mission is to end gender inequity in Guatemala by guiding and inspiring youth to develop the skills confidence and knowledge needed to reach their highest potential make informed life-choices and become agents of positive change. They achieve their mission by providing weekly two-hour self-esteem leadership and empowerment workshops to over 375 youth throughout the Sacatepequez and Chimaltenango regions of Guatemala. Canadian Humanitarian has partnered with REALGirl Foundation to bring a customized version of their empowerment and gender equality programs to Ethiopia to support the children in our Ethiopian programs. Self-Reliance program for Adults - this program provides training in business education to the adult care givers of our students in Ethiopia. Business training and mentorship goals for theses individuals help instill new insight that will help adult care givers to be resilient and provide for their families. Self-Reliance program for Adults in Ghana - Based on the same model as the Ethiopian Self-Reliance Program this program has begun to provide training in business education for adults in Ghana. It includes ongoing training mentoring and microloans to help start small businesses. People in the program are monitored throughout their business ventures through continued reporting and education.

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.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

79¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 79¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

21%

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 ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.3 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$1.2M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

87%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

4%

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 ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-03-31$831K73¢27%0.1 yr
2020-03-31$908K72¢28%0.2 yr
2021-03-31$662K69¢31%0.2 yr
2022-03-31$975K69¢15%0.6 yr
2023-03-31$1.0M77¢13%0.3 yr
2024-03-31$1.2M79¢21%0.3 yr
trend

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 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length

  • Northcott, Richard DChairmanarm's length
  • Steed, JustinBoard Memberarm's length
  • Morrell, PaulBoard Memberarm's length
  • Gibb, MatthewBoard Memberarm's length
  • Tieman, JonathanBoard Memberarm's length
  • Northcott, IanBoard Memberarm's length
  • Bogue, AneaBoard Memberarm's length
  • Johnson, JordanBoard Memberarm's length
  • Odd, WallaceBoard Memberarm's length
  • Newman, CherishBoard Memberarm'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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