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CHILDREN'S DESIGN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION

Charitable organizationPublic amenities·2-69 QUEEN STREET SOUTH · HAMILTON, ON · L8P 3R6·BN 770946317RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31

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Cents to cause T1

99¢

of each dollar spent, to programs

Operating overhead T1

1%

typical range 5–35%

Reserves T1

—

not in this filing

Revenue T1

—

not in this filing

— 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 Children's Design International Collection?

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Is Children's Design International Collection a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 770946317RR0001. 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 Children's Design International Collection located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 2-69 QUEEN STREET SOUTH, HAMILTON, ON, L8P 3R6. Source.

What does Children's Design International Collection do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Collection During the summer 2023 we received 50 new item contributions bringing the collection to over 560 items. In the fall we initiated a partnership with the University of Guelph Day Care and Learning Centre for our first joint exhibition. In December we initiated a research project in partnership with the…" Full program description.

How much of Children's Design International Collection's spending goes to programs?T1

Per its F2024 T3010, 99¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Collection During the summer 2023 we received 50 new item contributions bringing the collection to over 560 items. In the fall we initiated a partnership with the University of Guelph Day Care and Learning Centre for our first joint exhibition. In December we initiated a research project in partnership with the Office of Community Engagement at McMaster University. Conservation Our digital items are hosted on our own host server and we handle the metadata through Archeion. Education Our e-newsletter is published quarterly and now reaches about 1 500 subscribers. Our web site received ove… Show more

Collection During the summer 2023 we received 50 new item contributions bringing the collection to over 560 items. In the fall we initiated a partnership with the University of Guelph Day Care and Learning Centre for our first joint exhibition. In December we initiated a research project in partnership with the Office of Community Engagement at McMaster University. Conservation Our digital items are hosted on our own host server and we handle the metadata through Archeion. Education Our e-newsletter is published quarterly and now reaches about 1 500 subscribers. Our web site received over 400 000 hits 15 000 unique visitors. Our social media following remains strong except for our YouTube channel which suffered with no additional contents. Governance We online platforms in an effort to recruit new board members and committee members. It has been and remain a challenge. We intend to publish available positions on an ongoing basis. At the beginning of 2024 we released our first corporate sponsorship package with the help of Chezuba.

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.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

99¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 99¢ 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.

this charity 99¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

1%

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

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 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

5 directors reported · 5 of 5at arm's length

  • Beaulieu, LéoPresidentarm's length
  • Grubisic, MayaSecretaryarm's length
  • Ranaraja, DilshaniDirectorarm's length
  • Kankanala, UdayDirectorarm's length
  • Parameswaran Endrakumar, Nishanthala NPBoard 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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Children's Design Internationa… — 99¢ of each $1 to programs