S.A.L.T.S. SAIL AND LIFE TRAINING SOCIETY
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·451 HERALD ST · VICTORIA, BC · V8W 3N8·BN 119133619RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
SALTS operates two tall ships and teaches approximately 1700 young people (ages 13-24) to sail them each year. In the spring and fall school groups participate in five-day voyages to the Gulf Islands of southern BC. During the summers ten-day voyages travel throughout the west coast of BC. Young "trainees" are involved in every aspect of sailing the ship including navigation sail handling pilotage bow watch clean-up etc. They receive formal sail training instruction and complete exams. They participate in group discussions about life issues. The program helps young peop… Show more
SALTS operates two tall ships and teaches approximately 1700 young people (ages 13-24) to sail them each year. In the spring and fall school groups participate in five-day voyages to the Gulf Islands of southern BC. During the summers ten-day voyages travel throughout the west coast of BC. Young "trainees" are involved in every aspect of sailing the ship including navigation sail handling pilotage bow watch clean-up etc. They receive formal sail training instruction and complete exams. They participate in group discussions about life issues. The program helps young people learn to live in community develop a strong work ethic understand teamwork grow spiritually learn to resolve problems and conflicts and understand other cultures.
New programs
SALTS test-piloted a new program for five days in March 2024 called the "Family Connection Program." It mostly resembled our current programs except that it was for parents and their teenagers and we had two Registered Clinical Counsellors on board to facilitate group and family discussions. Otherwise it was our regular sail training curriculum. We did not offer this program again in 2025 but may offer another variation of it in the future.
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)62¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 62¢ 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)17%
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)$3.4M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)25%
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 ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $4.3M | 74¢ | 26% | 2.1 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $1.7M | 62¢ | 38% | 3 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.6M | 57¢ | 43% | 3.1 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.9M | 60¢ | 24% | 1.8 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $3.2M | 69¢ | 17% | 1.1 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $3.4M | 62¢ | 17% | 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)
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Board of directors
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Cumming, Daniel ABoard Secretaryarm's length
- Meyer, Sarah EBoard Vice-Chairpersonarm's length
- Krzymowski, Sarah ABoard Treasurerarm's length
- Welle, Cayla EBoard Memberarm's length
- Yue, Chris CBoard Memberarm's length
- Nassichuk, Jason PDirectorarm's length
- Chase, Krista ADirectorarm's length
- Monteiro, Lisa BDirectorarm's length
- Rand, Derek MBoard Chairpersonarm'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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