GEORGIA STRAIT ALLIANCE
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·PO BOX 88277 RPO CHINATOWN · VANCOUVER, BC · V6A 4A5·BN 139942254RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Public Engagement – increasing the understanding of the importance of the health of Georgia Strait as a regional ecosystem and providing individuals and communities with the tools to take local and regional action to improve the health of the Strait and understand what threatens it. Biodiversity – promoting solutions to threats to at-risk species in the region and their habitats with a current focus on increasing regional oversight and protection of biodiversity increasing protection for Southern Resident orcas and advocating for the protection of wild salmon. Energy – improving oil spill … Show more
Public Engagement – increasing the understanding of the importance of the health of Georgia Strait as a regional ecosystem and providing individuals and communities with the tools to take local and regional action to improve the health of the Strait and understand what threatens it. Biodiversity – promoting solutions to threats to at-risk species in the region and their habitats with a current focus on increasing regional oversight and protection of biodiversity increasing protection for Southern Resident orcas and advocating for the protection of wild salmon. Energy – improving oil spill prevention and response in the Strait of Georgia preventing the increase of fossil fuel transport increasing understanding of the impacts of climate change and identifying and promoting improved policies at both the provincial and local level to mitigate the global climate crisis. Clean Marine BC – eco-certification program for marinas and other boating facilities and educating boaters on reducing their impacts on the marine environment.
New programs
Marine Planning - community engagement in and education on marine planning processes with the aim to balance human activity with strong conservation goals; supporting efforts to protect 25% of Canada’s oceans by 2025 and 30% by 2030 by working to establish place-based protection for strategic ecosystems and biodiversity in the Salish Sea region of southern BC.
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)70¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 70¢ 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)30%
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)0.8 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)$906K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)26%
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)13%
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 | $769K | 83¢ | 17% | 0.6 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $981K | 78¢ | 22% | 0.8 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $872K | 74¢ | 26% | 1.1 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $912K | 76¢ | 24% | 0.9 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $854K | 79¢ | 21% | 0.7 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $906K | 70¢ | 30% | 0.8 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
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Street, KristinChairarm's length
- Davies, AngharadVice Presidentarm's length
- Wlodarczak, DuncanDirectorarm's length
- Fernandes, SheldonTreasurerarm's length
- Powlowski, SiobhanDirectorarm's length
- Savage, GabrielleDirectorarm's length
- Shields Brown, MairinDirectorarm's length
- Calhoun Beers, AndrewDirectorarm's length
- Madhu Maharaj, IleshaDirectorarm's length
- Ryan, Nadine RDirectorarm's length
- Thornton, JenniferDirectorarm'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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