THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF NORTH VANCOUVER
Charitable organizationOther religions·1641 LONSDALE AVE · NORTH VANCOUVER, BC · V7M 2J5·BN 119160141RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-20
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Holding regular community gatherings for spiritual enrichment administrative consultation and fellowship: 19-Day Feasts and Baha'i Holy Days. Involving between 20 and 80 community members and friends. - Holding devotional public gatherings for spiritual enrichment and study of Baha’i-based uplifting material focused on practicing moral behaviour and building unified cooperative communities. Involving a total of approximately 50 community members and friends. - Providing weekly English language classes and auxiliary social/study gatherings for new Canadians newly arrived immigrants and visi… Show more
Holding regular community gatherings for spiritual enrichment administrative consultation and fellowship: 19-Day Feasts and Baha'i Holy Days. Involving between 20 and 80 community members and friends. - Holding devotional public gatherings for spiritual enrichment and study of Baha’i-based uplifting material focused on practicing moral behaviour and building unified cooperative communities. Involving a total of approximately 50 community members and friends. - Providing weekly English language classes and auxiliary social/study gatherings for new Canadians newly arrived immigrants and visitors to Canada in collaboration with local libraries: Two online and three in person gatherings; Involving a total of approximately 100 participants and eight community members. - Supporting weekly gatherings for mothers and toddlers. Involving approximately 10-12 mothers and toddlers. - Occasional community service projects to support local food banks. Involving the whole community and some participants from the English classes. - Holding regular meetings of the elected local administrative body the Local Spiritual Assembly. A membership of nine. - Gatherings are held in members’ homes occasional rented venues and local libraries. - Providing financial support to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada (associated charity) for its programs through voluntary contributions from local community members. (There is no solicitation or acceptance of financial contributions from unregistered members of the Baha’i community.)
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)97¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 97¢ 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)3%
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)$90K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-20 | $53K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2020-03-20 | $52K | 98¢ | 2% | — |
| 2021-03-20 | $73K | 37¢ | 63% | — |
| 2022-03-20 | $62K | 80¢ | 20% | — |
| 2023-03-20 | $66K | 98¢ | 2% | — |
| 2024-03-20 | $90K | 97¢ | 3% | — |
| 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
10 directors reported · 8 of 10at arm's length
- Mazkoori, Zohreharm's length
- Najafian Seisan, Shahlanot at arm's length
- Radmard, Pariaarm's length
- Najafian Seisan, Faranaktreasurernot at arm's length
- Khatamian, OmeedChairpersonarm's length
- Goldstone, KennethSecretaryarm's length
- Mohammadi, Irajarm's length
- Murray, Cameronarm's length
- Daragahi, FaribaVice Chairarm's length
- Mahboubi, Lisaarm'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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