FORT FRANCES VOLUNTEER BUREAU
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·140 FOURTH STREET W · FORT FRANCES, ON · P9A 3B8·BN 118928043RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Family Centre (drop-in centre and soup kitchen for the poor and homeless open 365 days per year) - Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) - help prepare tax returns for the poor from Feb till May - Food Bank - distribute groceries to the poor 365 days per year - Clothing Banks for Adults and Children - distribute clothing to the poor 365 days per year - Bedding Bank - distribute bedding to homeless and poor people 365 days per year - Broker used furniture to the poor - Provide computers internet cable TV and a WIFI hotspot for the poor and homeless available 365 days per year - all … Show more
Family Centre (drop-in centre and soup kitchen for the poor and homeless open 365 days per year) - Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) - help prepare tax returns for the poor from Feb till May - Food Bank - distribute groceries to the poor 365 days per year - Clothing Banks for Adults and Children - distribute clothing to the poor 365 days per year - Bedding Bank - distribute bedding to homeless and poor people 365 days per year - Broker used furniture to the poor - Provide computers internet cable TV and a WIFI hotspot for the poor and homeless available 365 days per year - all programs are completely run by volunteers - Collaborate with several agencies (Northwest Health Unit Riverside Healthcare Fort Frances Family Health Team Tribal Health Native Friendship Centre CAMH) to provide health services including vaccination clinics medical clinics and distributing health related information and social services such as advocating for housing completing ID applications hosting virtual court sessions providing office space for meetings with social workers and chauffeuring people to medical appointments and counselling sessions.
New programs
None
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)—
Not computable from this filing.
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)—
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)$59K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)21%
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)8%
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 | $32K | 74¢ | 26% | — |
| 2020-03-31 | $40K | 95¢ | 4% | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $38K | 99¢ | 1% | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $49K | 8¢ | 0% | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $237K | 100¢ | — | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $59K | — | — | — |
| 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
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Michl, William CPresidentarm's length
- Hanzuk, Gabriel HDirectorarm's length
- Sus, John M.Treasurerarm's length
- Bruyere, Laura R.Secretaryarm's length
- Bobczynski, HowardDirectorarm's length
- Lockman, JoyDirectorarm's length
- Dresen, AllisonDirectorarm's length
- Funk, DianeVice-Presidentarm's length
- Olson, AmandaAppointed Directorarm'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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