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
Cents to cause T1
90¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
10%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.3 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$44.0M
Charity Intelligence ★★★★ B- · T2
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to The Victoria Cool Aid Society?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is The Victoria Cool Aid Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 128205069RR0001. 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 The Victoria Cool Aid Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 101-749 PANDORA AVE, VICTORIA, BC, V8W 1N9. Source.
What does The Victoria Cool Aid Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of The Victoria Cool Aid Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Victoria Cool Aid Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $44.0M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $10M–$100M revenue band, alongside 1,776 other operating charities.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
90¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size ($10M–$100M).
this charity 90¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
0.3 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 ($10M–$100M, 1,776): median 0.4 yr; 53% 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)$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 ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
2%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
75%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
23%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
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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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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★
Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.
Analyst-reviewed by Charity Intelligence; their methodology, shown as published. source ↗
Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceB-
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
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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
Show all 16 directors
- 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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