THE COUNTRYSIDE PRE-SCHOOL
Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·7921 ST. STEPHENS RD · SAANICHTON, BC · V8M 1S2·BN 108079278RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-04-30
Cents to cause T1
96¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
4%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.4 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$105K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to The Countryside Pre-School?
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Is The Countryside Pre-School a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 108079278RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Countryside Pre-School located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 7921 ST. STEPHENS RD, SAANICHTON, BC, V8M 1S2. Source.
What does The Countryside Pre-School do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "1. Families working together with a paid early childhood educator (ECE) to provide affordable high quality parent-participation preschool programming for children and families. 2. Educating parents through monthly parent education meetings which are open to other families in the community and through a close…" Full program description.
How much of The Countryside Pre-School's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 96¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Countryside Pre-School?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $105K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
1. Families working together with a paid early childhood educator (ECE) to provide affordable high quality parent-participation preschool programming for children and families. 2. Educating parents through monthly parent education meetings which are open to other families in the community and through a close working relationship with the ECE. 3. Toddler & caregiver program facilitated & supervised by the ECE running 2x per year for approximately 8 weeks.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
96¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 96¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 96¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
4%
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 ↗ · what this means
0.4 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$105K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)60%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
34%
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
60%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
34%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
6%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-30 | $44K | — | — | — |
| 2020-04-30 | $39K | 93¢ | 7% | — |
| 2021-04-30 | $69K | 95¢ | 5% | — |
| 2022-04-30 | $91K | 94¢ | 6% | — |
| 2023-04-30 | $84K | 96¢ | 4% | — |
| 2024-04-30 | $105K | 96¢ | 4% | 0.4 yr |
| trend |
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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 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Straub, ChrisPresidentarm's length
- Brown, TammyFundraising Chairarm's length
- Johnston, PatriciaVice Presidentarm's length
- Vaartstra, MarieTreasurerarm's length
- Van Wensem, CaseySecretary / Presidentarm's length
- Hrasky, BrianaMaintenancearm's length
- Berryman, MichelleVice Presidentarm's length
- Ramsden, SophieSecretaryarm's length
- Reid, KadyFundraisingarm'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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