General Information

Radios Rurales Internationales

	Address	1404 Scott Street Ottawa, K1Y 2N2 Canada
	Address type	Registered Office Address
	Address province	Ontario

	Corporation ID	2028697
	Business number	118884808
	Status	Active
	ACT	Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
	Anniversary date	11/14/2012
	Last annual filing	2025
	Data verified	10/31/2026

Description

Farm Radio International is an active company which was registered under Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act with a corporation no 2028697 (business number 118884808). The amendment was performed on 2018-11-23. The company is based in Ottawa at 1404 Scott Street, K1Y 2N2 in Ontario administrative division. As far as we established, the last yearly meeting was on 2016-11-04.
Other corporations nearby are: World University Service Of Canada, Endowiz Medical Solutions Incorporated, Ripple Adventure Inc., 8745803 Canada Inc., 8255695 Canada Corp..

Location: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Addresses (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Company names

Name	Effective date	Type	Current
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FARM RADIO NETWORK	02/11/1986	Corporate Name
Farm Radio International	11/21/2007	Corporate Name	true
Radios Rurales Internationales	11/21/2007	Corporate Name in the other official language (if applicable)	true

Directors

Mwatima Abdalla Juma
,

JO-ANNE BUND
,

Mercy Karanja
,

Carolyn (Lyn) Stienstra
,

Sheila Rao
,

Oluwadara (Dara) Adekunle
,

NORA YOUNG
,

Selma Khedhaier
,

Gordon Cunningham
,

Ravi Gupta
,

Corina Chevalier
,

MARK ELLIOTT
,

David Gutnick
,

Jane Kuluo
,

JARED KLASSEN
,

last updated: 2026-11-01

Annual Filings

Type of corporation	Soliciting
Annual filing period (MM-DD)	11-14 to 01-13
Last annual meeting	10/04/2025

Year	Annual return
2026	Not due
2025	Filed
2024	Filed

last checked: 11/01/2026

Registered Charity

Designation	Charitable organization
Category	Foundations
Charity registration number	118884808RR0001
Website	www.farmradio.org
Fiscal period end	03/31/2024
Full-time employees	32
Part-time employees	4

Total revenue	$10,181,070
Tax-receipted gifts	$803,176
Government funding	$4,575,177
Total expenditures	$10,167,182
Charitable programs	$9,015,055
Management and administration	$781,716
Fundraising	$370,411
Total compensation	$2,679,694
Total assets	$3,010,071
Total liabilities	$2,104,286

Charitable programs: FARM RADIO INTERNATIONAL CONTINUES TO OFFER ONGOING PROGRAMS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: WE ANIMATE AND SERVE A NETWORK OF SOME 1 400 RADIO STATIONS AND 5 000 INDIVIDUAL BROADCASTERS IN 40 COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WITH TEXT- AND AUDIO-BASED CONTENT RESOURCES AND TRAINING MATERIALS AND COURSES. ENGAGEMENT OF BROADCASTERS IN THE NETWORK CONTINUES TO GROW. FARM RADIO ALSO CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS WORKING WITH A WIDE RANGE OF AFRICA CANADIAN AND OTHER PARTNERS. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE PROGRAM CONTENT ON NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS NATIONAL RADIO-BASED...

Source: Canada Revenue Agency, registered charity information return (T3010) for the fiscal period ending 03/31/2024. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Government Grants and Contributions

1 federal grant and contribution in 2018 with a total value of $5,403,604.

Start date	Department and program	Value
03/22/2018	Global Affairs Canada International Development Assistance Program (contribution) Scaling Her Voice on Air in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Senegal A fundamental rural development need in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Senegal is the lack of relevant, gender-responsive and timely information, communication and extension services for small-scale farmers (women, men and youth). To address this issue, Farm Radio International (FRI) aims to scale...	$5,403,604

Source: Government of Canada, proactive disclosure of grants and contributions. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Federal Government Contracts

1 federal government contract over $10,000 in 2016 with a total value of $10,000. Main clients: Global Affairs Canada.

Contract date	Department and description	Value
06/15/2016 until 08/31/2016	Global Affairs Canada Research contracts	$10,000

Source: Government of Canada, proactive publication of contracts over $10,000. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Company activities

Date	Type	Section
11/23/2018	Amendment	51
11/14/2012	Continuance (transition)
11/21/2007	Amendment
10/21/2004	Ordinary By-Laws Filing
01/17/2000	Ordinary By-Laws Filing
02/11/1986	Incorporation

Company annual return

Meeting date	Type of corporation	Year of filing
11/04/2016	Soliciting	2016
06/13/2015	Soliciting	2015
11/01/2014	Soliciting	2014