BURNABY SENIORS OUTREACH SERVICES SOCIETY
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·5 - 2055 ROSSER AVE · BURNABY, BC · V5C 0H1·BN 130651268RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Promote the emotional health and well-being of seniors through the support of their peers thereby enhancing their quality of life encouraging seniors' independence self esteem and individual goals. Programs include: Volunteer Peer support and counselling Caregiver support program - provides education and support to caregivers to reduce stress caused by being a caregiver to a disabled family member Dementia Friendly support program-provides social connection and support for those with memory loss or dementia. Program provides a safe and secure place to receive support along with educatio… Show more
Promote the emotional health and well-being of seniors through the support of their peers thereby enhancing their quality of life encouraging seniors' independence self esteem and individual goals. Programs include: Volunteer Peer support and counselling Caregiver support program - provides education and support to caregivers to reduce stress caused by being a caregiver to a disabled family member Dementia Friendly support program-provides social connection and support for those with memory loss or dementia. Program provides a safe and secure place to receive support along with educational workshops and strategies for their caregivers and family.
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)95¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 95¢ 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)5%
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)0.6 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)$224K
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)47%
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 | $88K | 88¢ | 12% | 1.4 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $104K | 83¢ | 17% | 1 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $159K | 81¢ | 19% | 0.9 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $211K | 81¢ | 19% | 1.4 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $100K | 93¢ | 7% | — |
| 2023-08-31 | $209K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $224K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.6 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
14 directors reported · 14 of 14at arm's length
- Wiens, TedVice Chair/Chairarm's length
- Sandhu, ShyamTreasurer Finance Chairarm's length
- Babinszki, ColettePolicy & Personnel Chairarm's length
- Montabello, SueSecretaryarm's length
- Rakhra, KevinBoard Memberarm's length
- Romann, AlfredBoard Member/Vice Chairarm's length
- Yamamoto, KathrynBoard Member/Fundraising Chairarm's length
- Bahia, RonnieBoard Memberarm's length
- Sandhu, HarjitBoard Memberarm's length
- Berggren-Clive, KathyBoard Memberarm's length
Show all 14 directors
- Sheriland, RobbinBoard Memberarm's length
- Zhao, Ying QianBoard Memberarm's length
- Jain, NikhilTreasurerarm's length
- Wu, KelvinBoard Memberarm'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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