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Institute for Change Leaders

Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·KHS041B - 350 VICTORIA ST · TORONTO, ON · M5B 2K3·BN 763310679RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-04-30

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Training social justice seekers to create the change that they seek using the Marshall Ganz community organizing model; empowering those who face precarious forms of labour oppression and other intersections to have the agency to speak towards bettering conditions for themselves and their communities. ICL partnered with many organizations to perform targeted organizing training for their groups. ICL worked with groups such as Fred Victor Ecosociety National Association of Federal Retirees Urban Alliance of Race Relations Hollyhock MOFIF OCASI Canadian Council of Muslim Women Newcomer Show more

Training social justice seekers to create the change that they seek using the Marshall Ganz community organizing model; empowering those who face precarious forms of labour oppression and other intersections to have the agency to speak towards bettering conditions for themselves and their communities. ICL partnered with many organizations to perform targeted organizing training for their groups. ICL worked with groups such as Fred Victor Ecosociety National Association of Federal Retirees Urban Alliance of Race Relations Hollyhock MOFIF OCASI Canadian Council of Muslim Women Newcomer Women's Services Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment UFCW National Association of Friendship Centres Vision Youth We Matter YMCA SEIU Rexdale Community Health Centres CultureLink Myeloma Canada Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care Pan-Canadian Voices of Women Labour Council Toronto Violence Against Women.

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)

73¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 73¢ 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)

27%

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)

$309K

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)

3%

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, 20212024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2021-04-30$223K1%
2022-04-30$877K84¢16%1.3 yr
2023-04-30$460K82¢18%0.8 yr
2024-04-30$309K73¢27%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

12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length

  • Kwong, SusanSecretaryarm's length
  • German, KiloranBoard Memberarm's length
  • Gallagher, BobVice Chairarm's length
  • Meagher, SeanBoard Memberarm's length
  • Melles, AmanuelBoard Chairarm's length
  • Skinner, JudyTreasurerarm's length
  • Perry, MikeBoard Directorarm's length
  • Pasternak, ShiriBoard Memberarm's length
  • Tufail, RizwanBoard Memberarm's length
  • Beebe, JohnBoard Memberarm's length
  • Harvey, ElizabethBoard Memberarm's length
  • Alexander, CindiBoard 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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