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SEEDS OF HOPE FOUNDATION

Charitable organizationCommunity resource·10 TRINITY SQ · TORONTO, ON · M5G 1B1·BN 139298830RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Core Activities 1. Education Training & Learning - To create inclusive learning opportunities that build confidence skills and community connection for people from all walks of life through creative and therapeutic learning life skills and peer support outdoor learning in gardening farming and foraging as well as volunteer and work readiness programs. 2. Food Security - To ensure access to nutritious food while using food as a tool for connection dignity and community care through weekly food banks meal delivery community meals. 3. Transitional & Emergency Shelter - To provide safe Show more

Core Activities 1. Education Training & Learning - To create inclusive learning opportunities that build confidence skills and community connection for people from all walks of life through creative and therapeutic learning life skills and peer support outdoor learning in gardening farming and foraging as well as volunteer and work readiness programs. 2. Food Security - To ensure access to nutritious food while using food as a tool for connection dignity and community care through weekly food banks meal delivery community meals. 3. Transitional & Emergency Shelter - To provide safe supportive and dignified shelter for people in crisis or transition empowering them to rebuild their lives. We offer transitional housing for women and children housing for men in addiction recovery emergency shelters for vulnerable adults and participate in emergency winter partnerships. 4. Outreach & Community Engagement - To meet people where they are — on the streets in shelters or in precarious living situations — and connect them to vital supports through peer volunteer outreach teams crisis response and resource navigation and community relationship building.

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)

96¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 96¢ 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)

1 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)

$2.2M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

1%

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, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-12-31$452K97¢3%0 yr
2020-12-31$910K85¢15%0.3 yr
2021-12-31$1.5M91¢9%0.1 yr
2022-12-31$1.0M94¢6%0.1 yr
2023-12-31$4.6M92¢8%1.4 yr
2024-12-31$2.2M96¢3%1 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

7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length

  • Chen, ElizabethSecretaryarm's length
  • Mabozi, Jean-MartinPresidentarm's length
  • Mahabir, NigelDirectorarm's length
  • Williams, DeniseDirectorarm's length
  • Macdonald, EileenActing Treasurerarm's length
  • Lubek, IanDirectorarm's length
  • Enticknap, Eleanor JaneDirectorarm'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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