THE VICTORIA COOL AID SOCIETY
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·101-749 PANDORA AVE · VICTORIA, BC · V8W 1N9·BN 128205069RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Society offers life-changing services to people who are impacted by poverty colonization stigma and homelessness. These services include permanent housing emergency shelter health and dental care employment assistance and social and recreational opportunities. Meal services and activities are offered at several housing and shelter locations. The Society operates a health clinic a mobile health van a dental clinic and a pharmacy primarily targeted to the homeless and at-risk populations. Employment and education resources and mentoring and outreach services are offered to our clie… Show more
The Society offers life-changing services to people who are impacted by poverty colonization stigma and homelessness. These services include permanent housing emergency shelter health and dental care employment assistance and social and recreational opportunities. Meal services and activities are offered at several housing and shelter locations. The Society operates a health clinic a mobile health van a dental clinic and a pharmacy primarily targeted to the homeless and at-risk populations. Employment and education resources and mentoring and outreach services are offered to our clients as well as counselling for mental health and addictions. The Society operates a community centre with drop-in activities a running program and the use of computers and internet.
New programs
The Society added a second mobile health van to further support the health outreach team. The was made possible with the support of generous donors and a partnership with TELUS Health for Good. Services includes trauma informed primary medical services wound care Covid-19 assessment and testing routine testing for other diseases contraception harm reductions services STI treatment and mental health supports. The society added 42 units of affordable housing in November 2022 at it’s 210 Gorge Road location in Victoria. In the current year these units were able to reach 83% occupancy.
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)90¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ 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)10%
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)0.3 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)$44.0M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
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)75%
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 | $30.1M | 94¢ | 6% | 0.3 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $29.5M | 93¢ | 7% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $34.7M | 92¢ | 8% | 0.4 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $38.1M | 91¢ | 9% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $38.0M | 91¢ | 9% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $44.0M | 90¢ | 10% | 0.3 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 ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceB-
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
16 directors reported · 16 of 16at arm's length
- Donald, JanetPast-Chairarm's length
- Fitzgerald, TimChairarm's length
- Godmaire, SharlaPast-Treasurerarm's length
- Fracy, DavidPast-Secretaryarm's length
- Gervais, NicoleDirectorarm's length
- Hayes, KirbyDirectorarm's length
- MacIntosh, LisaDirectorarm's length
- Moosavi, AshDirectorarm's length
- Taylor, NancyVice-Chairarm's length
- Strongitharm, DeaneDirectorarm's length
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- Persad, JoniDirectorarm's length
- Soles, Leigh-AnneTreasurerarm's length
- Pourmand, SadafDirectorarm's length
- Kaur, SokvinderDirectorarm's length
- Martell, TraceySecretaryarm's length
- Zou, KellyDirectorarm'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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