CANADIAN TURFGRASS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Public foundationFoundations·101 - 1865 DILWORTH DR · KELOWNA, BC · V1Y 9T1·BN 100773365RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
This charity filed the simplified return, so some figures can't be computed. Fewer numbers, never invented ones.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Foundation will determine and prioritize needed research by maintaining a 3-5 member advisory committee of leading experts in the field of turfgrass agronomy and horticulture qualified as research scientists landscape architects agronomists turfgrass instructors turfgrass managers and the like who put forward and rank research topics (using criteria outlined in 3.4) for funding consideration by the Board of Directors including but not limited to: i. turf uses and function; ii. environmental impacts of turf; iii. sustainable turf management; iv. turf performance impacts on human s… Show more
The Foundation will determine and prioritize needed research by maintaining a 3-5 member advisory committee of leading experts in the field of turfgrass agronomy and horticulture qualified as research scientists landscape architects agronomists turfgrass instructors turfgrass managers and the like who put forward and rank research topics (using criteria outlined in 3.4) for funding consideration by the Board of Directors including but not limited to: i. turf uses and function; ii. environmental impacts of turf; iii. sustainable turf management; iv. turf performance impacts on human safety; v. other needs indicated by regulators turf researchers designers and builders turf managers users and other stakeholders
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.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)—
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)100%
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)—
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)$16K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
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)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 ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $34K | — | — | — |
| 2020-03-31 | $34K | 70¢ | 30% | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $31K | 50¢ | 50% | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $45K | 54¢ | 32% | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $55K | 71¢ | 25% | — |
| 2024-03-31 | $16K | — | 100% | — |
| 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)
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Board of directors
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- Campbell, DougDirectorarm's length
- Huot, BenoitDirectorarm's length
- Schofield, PaulDirectorarm's length
- Sorokovsky, PeterDirtectorarm's length
- Unger, TravisDirectorarm's length
- Rousseau, GeraldSecretaryarm's length
- Ross, JamesSecretaryarm'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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