Creating Space Haiti

What Creating Space Haiti does

Creating Space Haiti is a registered Canadian charity (registration number 729747022RR0001) founded in 2009 by Meg McConnell and headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario. It operates programs that support Haitian individuals and families, with a local Haiti-based team coordinating on-the-ground delivery alongside a Canada-based fundraising community. The organization's stated focus is creating opportunities in Haiti across four pillars: education access, healthcare and essential-needs support, and income-generating activities.

The organization's service offering consists of three social programs: an Education Support Program that covers school fees for children and youth, addressing the barrier that schooling is not free in Haiti; a Medical Care and Essential Needs Support program that assists individuals and families with healthcare access and basic needs such as food, water, and shelter; and an Income-Generating Activities microfinance initiative targeted at Haitian women. Delivery is conducted directly to beneficiaries in Haiti rather than through partner NGOs or commercial channels.

Commercially, Creating Space Haiti is a donation-funded nonprofit, not a revenue-generating business. It accepts e-transfers from Canadian bank accounts, leverages its registered charity status to offer tax-deductible donation receipts, and runs annual community fundraiser events — most recently the second annual 'Hamilton for Haiti' event on September 20, 2025 — as its primary donor-acquisition and engagement channel. The team disclosed is composed of three people: founder Meg McConnell, Board Member and Haiti Project Coordinator Williamson Jacques, and Board Member Dr. Stephanie Mokrycke.

Name

Creating Space Haiti

Legal name

Creating Space Haiti

Website

https://creatingspacehaiti.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Creating Space Haiti is a Hamilton, Ontario-registered Canadian charity that supports Haitian communities through school-fee assistance, medical and essential-needs aid, and a women-focused microfinance initiative.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid / Charitable Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG), Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid Volunteering (EDAIAGAF)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid programs
• Education support services
• Microfinance initiatives
• Community fundraising
• Charitable healthcare access

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization relies on charitable donations from supporters. Donations are accepted via e-transfer from Canadian bank accounts. Donations are tax-deductible for Canadian donors (Registered Canadian Charity 729747022RR0001).
2. Fundraising Events: Annual community fundraiser events such as 'Hamilton for Haiti' generate donations and engage the local community. Proceeds go directly to Haiti programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Creating Space Haiti is a Canadian registered charity that delivers on-the-ground programs in Haiti covering school fees for children and youth, medical care and basic-needs support (food, water, shelter) for individuals and families, and microfinance-based income-generating activities for women. The organization is funded by charitable donations and an annual community fundraiser, and programs are implemented by a local team in Haiti rather than through partner NGOs.

Product overview

Creating Space Haiti is a charitable organization, not a technology company. It offers a portfolio of social programs including an Education Support Program (covering school fees for children and youth), a Medical Care and Essential Needs Support program (assisting with healthcare, food, water, and shelter access), and an Income Generating Activities microfinance initiative for women. These three programs work together to address education barriers, healthcare access, and economic opportunity in Haitian communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Education Support Program Program that covers school fees for Haitian children and youth, addressing a significant barrier to education where schooling is not free in Haiti. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries through the organization's local Haiti team.
• Medical Care and Essential Needs Support Program that supports Haitian individuals and families with access to medical care and essential needs including food, water, and safe shelter. Services are delivered free of charge through the in-country Haiti team.
• Income Generating Activities (Microfinance Initiative) Microfinance initiative that creates income-generating opportunities for women in Haiti, enabling economic participation through small-scale enterprise support.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Grameen Foundation: Global nonprofit extending the Grameen microfinance model to alleviate poverty through financial services and technology. Comparable in poverty alleviation and microfinance focus, with much broader geographic scope and institutional capacity.
• Partners In Health: Large global health and social justice organization with deep, long-standing operations in Haiti. Comparable in Haiti-based healthcare and community support mission, but at vastly greater scale and with formal institutional partnerships that Creating Space Haiti currently lacks.
• Kiva: Global crowdfunding microfinance platform enabling individual lenders to fund income-generating activities for entrepreneurs worldwide. Comparable as an enabling microfinance channel for women's income generation, though operating as a marketplace rather than a direct service provider.

Direct peers

• FONKOZE: Haitian microfinance institution offering credit, savings, and economic empowerment services to women and rural communities. Directly comparable to Creating Space Haiti's microfinance-for-women program element, and a logical potential partner or scale-up path for that workstream.
• Haiti Foundation of Hope: Faith-inspired nonprofit running community development programs in Haiti, including education, healthcare, and economic initiatives. Comparable in grassroots, multi-sector community development approach and Haiti-specific focus.
• Hope for Haiti: U.S.-based nonprofit delivering education, healthcare, water, and economic development programs in Haiti. Directly comparable mission and program mix (education, health, basic needs), making it the closest functional peer even though headquartered in the U.S.
• St. Boniface Haiti Foundation: Canadian-rooted nonprofit supporting health, education, and community development in Haiti. Highly comparable to Creating Space Haiti in geography (Haiti focus), beneficiary mix, and North American donor base, though larger and more clinically focused.
• Hope International: Christian microfinance and savings organization serving impoverished communities globally, including programs targeting women. Directly comparable to Creating Space Haiti's women-focused income-generating microfinance component.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/creating.space.haiti?igsh=MWZxaDVwaXk2ZjBsdg==

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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