VANTAGE POINT STRATEGIES SOCIETY
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·1183 MELVILLE STREET · VANCOUVER, BC · V6E 2X5·BN 119261238RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Vantage Point Strategies Society exists to advance education promote excellence and maintain high standards of practice in the non-profit and charities sector for the benefit of the public. We deliver classes workshops and courses focused on governance leadership planning and people engagement for new and seasoned non-profit leaders board directors and managers and the general public. We conduct research on the non-profit and charities sector and disseminate results to the public. We encourage voluntary citizen participation in health welfare recreation educational cultural and c… Show more
Vantage Point Strategies Society exists to advance education promote excellence and maintain high standards of practice in the non-profit and charities sector for the benefit of the public. We deliver classes workshops and courses focused on governance leadership planning and people engagement for new and seasoned non-profit leaders board directors and managers and the general public. We conduct research on the non-profit and charities sector and disseminate results to the public. We encourage voluntary citizen participation in health welfare recreation educational cultural and civic programs. Our programs are delivered by industry leaders and professional facilitators with the majority provided by volunteers proven experts in their fields who are dedicated to giving their time and sharing their knowledge with non-profits. Vantage Point plays an important role in lifting and amplifying the strengths of the dynamic resilient and innovative non-profit sector in BC. Through training and capacity-building support in areas of governance leadership human resources strategic planning and by identifying the sector’s strengths and challenges through research engaging in collaborations and building connections and networks across the province Vantage Point supports non-profits to achieve greater impact.
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)67¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 67¢ 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)33%
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)1.5 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)$1.9M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
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)22%
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 | $1.1M | 73¢ | 26% | 1.2 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $1.5M | 72¢ | 28% | 1 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.4M | 61¢ | 39% | 0.9 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.6M | 66¢ | 34% | 1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.8M | 68¢ | 32% | 1 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $1.9M | 67¢ | 33% | 1.5 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)
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
13 directors reported · 13 of 13at arm's length
- DAHYA, AZIMDIRECTORarm's length
- PYNE, LORIDIRECTORarm's length
- NAIDU, PAROMITADIRECTORarm's length
- VISSCHER, ROBBERTTREASURERarm's length
- SAINI, AMYDIRECTORarm's length
- CARTER, MORAGDIRECTORarm's length
- THOMAS, PABLITACHAIRarm's length
- DAVIS, MICHAELVICE CHARIarm's length
- FILIPSKI, MARTHADIRECTORarm's length
- Wilks, LenyaDirectorarm's length
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- D'Mello, ShellyDirectorarm's length
- Rathee, AkshitaDirectorarm's length
- Holley, GordonDirectorarm'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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