LOWER MAINLAND BENGALI CULTURAL SOCIETY OF B.C.
Charitable organizationArts·49 - 16016 82 AVE · SURREY, BC · V4N 0N7·BN 119025161RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
LMBCS is a registered non-profit charitable organization promoting cultural heritage of Bengali Community in Lower Mainland Area of BC through various socio-cultural activities and events since 1977. LMBCS is proud to be a part of Canada's multicultural society. LMBCS strives to foster and carry forward Bengali traditions and values and amalgamate Bengali culture with other diverse cultures in the lower mainland area. Some of the events the society conducts are i) Oikotan - Cultural program celebrating the poets of Bengal (May-June) ii) Picnic (July-August) iii) Sharadotsav – The autumn festi… Show more
LMBCS is a registered non-profit charitable organization promoting cultural heritage of Bengali Community in Lower Mainland Area of BC through various socio-cultural activities and events since 1977. LMBCS is proud to be a part of Canada's multicultural society. LMBCS strives to foster and carry forward Bengali traditions and values and amalgamate Bengali culture with other diverse cultures in the lower mainland area. Some of the events the society conducts are i) Oikotan - Cultural program celebrating the poets of Bengal (May-June) ii) Picnic (July-August) iii) Sharadotsav – The autumn festival (September-October) iv) Bijoya Sammelan (October-November) v) Basanta Utsav – The spring festival (January-February) vi) AGM (April) As LMBCS continues to grow its commitment towards servicing seniors of the community has grown in importance. Through 'engaged senior’s events' LMBCS is focusing more on their social and cultural needs along with physical and mental wellbeing of Seniors. In summary LMBCS helps the younger generation growing up here get connected to their Bengali roots and the older generation to preserve the culture and relive the traditional festivities.
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)0%
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)$107K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)19%
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)15%
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 | $44K | — | — | — |
| 2020-03-31 | $63K | 100¢ | 1% | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $14K | 55¢ | 45% | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $38K | 84¢ | 16% | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $88K | — | — | — |
| 2024-03-31 | $107K | 92¢ | 0% | — |
| 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
9 directors reported · 0 of 9at arm's length
- Mitra, AbhijitPresidentnot at arm's length
- Mikherjee, AbhishekVice Presidentnot at arm's length
- Sarkar, SujaraSecretarynot at arm's length
- Das, SamirTreasurernot at arm's length
- Jati, PallabJoint Treasurernot at arm's length
- Gupta, RuspaCultural Secretary
- Roychoudhur, SharoshiJoint Cultural Secretarynot at arm's length
- Mitra, MonishaMember at large- senior's prognot at arm's length
- Mukerjee, AnindyaMember at Large
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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