SIKH SANGAT OF CANADA
Charitable organizationOther religions·307552 HOCKLEY RD · MONO, ON · L9W 6N1·BN 797476694RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This filing's expense lines don't reconcile: program spending (line 5000) plus overhead (5010 + 5020) adds up to more than total spending (4950). Cents-to-cause and overhead can't both be right, and the filing doesn't say which — so this charity is left out of ranked search results for this filing year. We show both figures exactly as filed; read them together with this in mind, or check the public record ↗.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Regularly Scheduled Programs each lasting between 1-4 hours were held in multiple cities across Canada and were attended by local congregations. These programs (usually weekly) included: • Kirtan (singing of hymns from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) • Leader-led simran (meditative chanting) • Katha - discussions on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji teachings These on-going programs took place in Sikh Gurdwaras (temple) or schools and were entirely volunteer-run. In 2023 across all cities in Canada we estimate that our volunteers spent in excess of 4 000 hours facilitating these programs. Ongoing pr… Show more
Regularly Scheduled Programs each lasting between 1-4 hours were held in multiple cities across Canada and were attended by local congregations. These programs (usually weekly) included: • Kirtan (singing of hymns from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) • Leader-led simran (meditative chanting) • Katha - discussions on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji teachings These on-going programs took place in Sikh Gurdwaras (temple) or schools and were entirely volunteer-run. In 2023 across all cities in Canada we estimate that our volunteers spent in excess of 4 000 hours facilitating these programs. Ongoing programs took place in the following cities: • Greater Toronto Area • Greater Vancouver Area • Calgary AB
New programs
Special Events are multi-day programs scheduled and conducted around a theme. The theme of the event is determined by the organizers and is a topic from Sri Guru Granth Sahib to address specific needs of the congregation. These events typically include: • Kirtan (sacred from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) • Leader-led simran (meditative chanting) and • Katha (in-depth discussion of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji teachings on the particular theme/topic) During Special Events members from other congregations attend the event city and participate which requires coordination of travel accommodations m… Show more
Special Events are multi-day programs scheduled and conducted around a theme. The theme of the event is determined by the organizers and is a topic from Sri Guru Granth Sahib to address specific needs of the congregation. These events typically include: • Kirtan (sacred from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) • Leader-led simran (meditative chanting) and • Katha (in-depth discussion of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji teachings on the particular theme/topic) During Special Events members from other congregations attend the event city and participate which requires coordination of travel accommodations meals and transportation. One Special Event was held in the Greater Vancouver Area BC. A new program named 'Sikhi Camp' was introduced in 2024 for Youth between ages 6 - 25 years. This four-day program included classroom teachings on the message of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji that covered a broad range of topics key to Sikhi. The Youth were arranged by age group and teaching methods suitable per age group were used. Sikhi-based instruction materials (booklets arts/crafts etc.) were prepared and distributed. All attendance and materials provided were free of charge as were snacks and meals. Over 250 local and international volunteers participated to deliver this very successful program which required logistics to support 750 Youth. This program was held in the Greater Vancouver Area 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)354¢
As filed: 354¢ of each dollar to programs — but this filing's expense lines don't reconcile (see note above).
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)4%
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)14.5 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)$3.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)87%
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, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $51K | 87¢ | 18% | 1.7 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $41K | 90¢ | 24% | 5.2 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $34K | 37¢ | 63% | 39.7 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $40K | 95¢ | 5% | 3 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $242K | 97¢ | 3% | 3.3 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $3.7M | 354¢✱ | 4% | 14.5 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
6 directors reported · 4 of 6at arm's length
- Sidhu, Tejinder SChairpersonarm's length
- Grespan, Michelle DDirectornot at arm's length
- Short, Kenneth GSecretary-Treasurernot at arm's length
- Mavi, Sukhjinder SDirectorarm's length
- Sandhu, Balraj SPresidentarm's length
- Matharu, Avtar SDirectorarm'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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