YOUNG ALBERTA BOOK SOCIETY
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·11759 GROAT RD NW · 2ND FLR PERCY PAGE CENTRE · EDMONTON, AB · T5M 3K6·BN 105774632RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
1) Taleblazers: a travel-subsidized month-long provincial literary festival for young people held in-person and online in schools & libraries. 2) Story Avenue: writing workshops for inner city Gr. 5 & 6 students. 3) Allard Win-a-Literary-Artist contest: sponsored in-school visits. 4) Martyn Godfrey Award: juried writing contest for Gr. 4-9 students. 5) Wordpower: Sponsored week-long tours of literary artists through dozens of schools in rural Alberta. 6) Year-round bookings: Facilitation of non-subsidized literary artist visits to schools and libraries throughout the school year (outside of ot… Show more
1) Taleblazers: a travel-subsidized month-long provincial literary festival for young people held in-person and online in schools & libraries. 2) Story Avenue: writing workshops for inner city Gr. 5 & 6 students. 3) Allard Win-a-Literary-Artist contest: sponsored in-school visits. 4) Martyn Godfrey Award: juried writing contest for Gr. 4-9 students. 5) Wordpower: Sponsored week-long tours of literary artists through dozens of schools in rural Alberta. 6) Year-round bookings: Facilitation of non-subsidized literary artist visits to schools and libraries throughout the school year (outside of other programs). 7) Seeds of Stories: Bursaries to cover artist fees for visits to Albertan schools and libraries through the Taleblazers or Year Round Bookings programs.
New programs
8) FLY!: Fun Lit in YEG: free literary artist visits to children/youth groups around Edmonton. 9) Onwords & Upwords: Literary artist tour to rural Alberta schools and libraries.
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)92¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 92¢ 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)8%
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)0.9 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)$313K
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)22%
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 | $309K | 89¢ | 11% | 0.9 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $323K | 91¢ | 9% | 1.2 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $375K | 90¢ | 10% | 1.7 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $216K | 90¢ | 10% | 1.6 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $209K | 90¢ | 10% | 1.9 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $313K | 92¢ | 8% | 0.9 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)
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Board of directors
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Oster, Katherine (Kathy)Treasurerarm's length
- McDougall, LindaDirectorarm's length
- Little, Catherine AChairarm's length
- Greenwood, WinDirectorarm's length
- Jessup, Kathleen (Kathy)Secretaryarm's length
- Corr, ShaulaDirectorarm's length
- Feutl, RitaVice Chairarm's length
- Poulsen, DavidDirectorarm's length
- Herder, CarolDirectorarm's length
- Thapa, ManitaDirectorarm's length
- Yatsyuk, NataliaDirectorarm'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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