SCHOOL ORCHARDS AFRICA SOCIETY
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·1722A PRITCHARD RD · COWICHAN BAY, BC · V0R 1N1·BN 801616319RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
31507¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
0%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$18K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
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 ↗.
Common questions
How do I donate to School Orchards Africa Society?
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Is School Orchards Africa Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 801616319RR0001. 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 School Orchards Africa Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 1722A PRITCHARD RD, COWICHAN BAY, BC, V0R 1N1. Source.
What does School Orchards Africa Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "School Orchards Africa Society provides funds to purchase fruit tree seedlings for the children of schools in rural areas of Tanzania to plant orchards at their schools. To date the children have planted orchards at 11 different schools with approximately 200 fruit trees in each school. The orchards are flourishing…" Full program description.
How much of School Orchards Africa Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 31507¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is School Orchards Africa Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $18K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
School Orchards Africa Society provides funds to purchase fruit tree seedlings for the children of schools in rural areas of Tanzania to plant orchards at their schools. To date the children have planted orchards at 11 different schools with approximately 200 fruit trees in each school. The orchards are flourishing and being cared for by the children - a new life skill. With each orchard we provided funds for a 3000 litre citern to catch rain water from the school roofs to get the orchards started. School Orchards Africa Society is now upgrading the water supply with the help of Rotary Inter… Show more
School Orchards Africa Society provides funds to purchase fruit tree seedlings for the children of schools in rural areas of Tanzania to plant orchards at their schools. To date the children have planted orchards at 11 different schools with approximately 200 fruit trees in each school. The orchards are flourishing and being cared for by the children - a new life skill. With each orchard we provided funds for a 3000 litre citern to catch rain water from the school roofs to get the orchards started. School Orchards Africa Society is now upgrading the water supply with the help of Rotary International building 100 000 litre inground concrete cisterns which are filled with rain water from the roofs of the schools during the rainy seasons. This water will last through the dry season to support the orchards as well provide safe water for the domestic use at the school for the teachers and children. As the children are responsible for fetching water for the school and the households of the teachers it becomes an enormous task during the dry seas. Children walk may kilometers to bring water that is from an unclean source losing time in class and often getting sick form water-born parasites. These cisterns have a positive effect on the whole community in these small rural villages.
New programs
The original plan for School Orchards Africa Society was to provide funds to plant fruit orchards in schools to provide fruit for the children to eat. Now some of the schools have excess fruit and are able to sell some fruit to get money for school supplies. We are now going back to the schools and improving the water supply for the orchards and domestic use of the children teachers as well as the rest of the community.
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.
31507¢
As filed: 31507¢ 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; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0%
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
—
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)$18K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)47%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
47%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
53%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 | $36K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $21K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $24K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $29K | 100¢ | 0% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $26K | — | — | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $18K | 31507¢✱ | 0% | — |
| trend |
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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 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- LOISELLE, MAUREEN APRESIDENTarm's length
- SLADE, PAULVICE PRESIDENTarm's length
- GEORGE, LINDADIRECTORarm's length
- MELLEMSTRAND, LEIGHTONDIRECTORarm's length
- WOODGATE, ROSSALYNNSECRETARYarm's length
- Baker, Michael GTreasurerarm's length
- Skerik, Donald GDirectorarm'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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