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ROTARY CLUB OF CHATHAM SERVICE FUND

Public foundationFoundations·35 THAMES STREET · CHATHAM, ON · N7L 1S3·BN 119124527RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30

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Disbursed to charities T1

37%

of spending, to other registered charities

Operating overhead T1

—

not in this filing

Reserves T1

4 yr

of program spending, in cash and investments

Revenue T1

$378K

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

This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.

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 ↗.

Common questions

How do I donate to Rotary Club of Chatham Service Fund?

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Is Rotary Club of Chatham Service Fund a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 119124527RR0001. 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 Rotary Club of Chatham Service Fund located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 35 THAMES STREET, CHATHAM, ON, N7L 1S3. Source.

What does Rotary Club of Chatham Service Fund do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "12 Gifts at Christmas - 12 Charities each received $1000.00 as part of our Christmas gift program = $12 000.00 4 Scholarships to 3 University students and one to a College Student - 4 x $1500.00 High School Bursaries 25 Students at 5 local high schools received $250.00 each x 25 = $6250.00 Support for the Rotary…" Full program description.

How much does Rotary Club of Chatham Service Fund disburse to other charities?T1

Per its F2024 T3010, 37% of its spending went to other registered charities (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.

How big is Rotary Club of Chatham Service Fund?T1

Its last-reported revenue was $378K (F2024).

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

12 Gifts at Christmas - 12 Charities each received $1000.00 as part of our Christmas gift program = $12 000.00 4 Scholarships to 3 University students and one to a College Student - 4 x $1500.00 High School Bursaries 25 Students at 5 local high schools received $250.00 each x 25 = $6250.00 Support for the Rotary Polio Campaign via Pizza for Polio Continuing support to the Chatham Kent Public Library Support Rotary Youth Exchange Scholarship Support Children's Treatment Centre New Building Campaign

New programs

Support to the Chatham Kent Women's Centre Support to the Chatham Kent Health Foundation Support to Scouts Canada - Chatham Scout Camp to build a new Bunk House Support to the Children's Treatment Centre for new building fund Assisted the Rotary Club of Calgary with funds toward a new fire truck for Guatemala

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.

Disbursed to qualified donees

T1 · computed (open data)

37%

Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.

T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

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)

$378K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

55%

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)

0%

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

    55%

    T3010 4500 ÷ 4700

  • GovernmentT1

    0%

    T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700

  • Other revenueT1

    45%

    T3010 remainder ÷ 4700

Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. 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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Figures per each charity's F2024 T3010 · self-reported, not audited by us · ✱= that filing's expense lines don't reconcile · open a profile for sources and caveats.

Board of directors

10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length

  • Smith, BrettTreasurerarm's length
  • Hill, JenniferPresidentarm's length
  • Herman, LesDirectorarm's length
  • Litwin Makey, DonnaDirectorarm's length
  • Walker, TraceyDirectorarm's length
  • Watson, PaulDirectorarm's length
  • Fry, GordonDirectorarm's length
  • Sharpe, TaniaDIRECTORarm's length
  • Fry, JaneDirectorarm's length
  • Smith, TerryDirectorarm'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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