CANADIAN SOCIETY PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·2305 7TH AVE W · VANCOUVER, BC · V6K 1Y4·BN 118836311RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
This filing's expense lines don't reconcile: program spending (line 5000) plus overhead (5010 + 5020) adds up to more than total spending (4950). Cents-to-cause and overhead can't both be right, and the filing doesn't say which — so this charity is left out of ranked search results for this filing year. We show both figures exactly as filed; read them together with this in mind, or check the public record ↗.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Workshops to the community on waste reduction renewable energy food security and land and water issues. Delivers classes on urban food production in schools in Vancouver. Operates the Society's website blogs and social media updating them with SPEC activities and environmental information. Continues to run: 1) Master Recycler 2) School Gardens Program 3) Elders Circle 4) Farmland Ecosystem Services 5) The Renewable Energy Experience tours (tREX) 6) Repair Cafes Most of our programs are run by part time staff and a number of volunteers. SPEC has approximately 40 active volunteers inclu… Show more
Workshops to the community on waste reduction renewable energy food security and land and water issues. Delivers classes on urban food production in schools in Vancouver. Operates the Society's website blogs and social media updating them with SPEC activities and environmental information. Continues to run: 1) Master Recycler 2) School Gardens Program 3) Elders Circle 4) Farmland Ecosystem Services 5) The Renewable Energy Experience tours (tREX) 6) Repair Cafes Most of our programs are run by part time staff and a number of volunteers. SPEC has approximately 40 active volunteers including Board Members. Most of our Board Members are also engaged in supporting our programming directly as they contribute expertise in the areas of sustainable food systems waste reduction and energy conservation.
New programs
1) Climate Action Workshop Series: This program strives to empower students in grades 3 to 9 by fostering an understanding of the science of climate change sustainable food systems and impact on local ecosystems. These engaging workshops will cover topics on climate change and its impacts regionally and globally Indigenous knowledge and storytelling and food security while also addressing the topic of climate grief and how to take action through our choices. Our hands-on approach which includes activities storytelling and discussions aims to engage students in meaningful ways.
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)72¢
As filed: 72¢ of each dollar to programs — but this filing's expense lines don't reconcile (see note above).
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)35%
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)0.7 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)$310K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)26%
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)16%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $176K | 66¢ | 34% | 0.7 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $229K | 69¢ | 31% | 1 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $322K | 76¢ | 24% | 0.9 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $385K | 78¢ | 22% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $317K | 70¢ | 30% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $310K | 72¢ | 35% | 0.7 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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length
- CHRISTOPHER, CAROLE LDIRECTORarm's length
- MOREAU, TARADIRECTORarm's length
- MENZIES, KATESECRETARYarm's length
- LEBEL, EYALDIRECTORarm's length
- GOODERHAM, CHRISTOPHERDIRECTORarm's length
- HADAC, ROBIN RCHAIRarm's length
- Casal, Lorenzo LVICE CHAIRarm's length
- Peterson, KimberlyDIRECTORarm's length
- Sheppard, KristaDIRECTORarm's length
- Strandberg-Salmon, MiretaDirectorarm's length
- LANE, OLIVERTREASURERarm's length
- VESAL, KHATEREHDIRECTORarm'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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