Engage and Change
Public foundationFoundations·890 CALEDONIA ROAD · TORONTO, ON · M6B 3Y1·BN 805418647RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
We hold two events annually: Project Winter Survival (January 2024) and Project Water (June 2024). For each of this programs our corporate sponsors send their employees as volunteers to pack 3 500 kits that are distributed through social agencies in the GTA and Southwestern Ontario to homeless people living primarily on the streets. The winter kit is comprised of a sturdy backpack containing a toque scarf winter gloves and thick socks hygiene items such as deodorant soap toothbrush & toothpaste lip balm Band-Aids tissue moisturizer sanitizer masks etc. along with a refillable w… Show more
We hold two events annually: Project Winter Survival (January 2024) and Project Water (June 2024). For each of this programs our corporate sponsors send their employees as volunteers to pack 3 500 kits that are distributed through social agencies in the GTA and Southwestern Ontario to homeless people living primarily on the streets. The winter kit is comprised of a sturdy backpack containing a toque scarf winter gloves and thick socks hygiene items such as deodorant soap toothbrush & toothpaste lip balm Band-Aids tissue moisturizer sanitizer masks etc. along with a refillable water bottle towel a food snack and water and an activity item such as a puzzle book or deck of playing cards notepad and pen. A winter kit also includes a sleeping bag. The summer kit is comprised of a cinch bag containing a T-shirt towel sunscreen ball cap and the same type of hygiene products. We also distribute 300 000+ bottles of water.
New programs
None.
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.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)—
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)3%
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)0.7 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)$301K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)42%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $194K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-06-30 | $164K | 90¢ | 9% | 0.7 yr |
| 2021-06-30 | $276K | 95¢ | 6% | 0.4 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $241K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.5 yr |
| 2023-06-30 | $252K | 55¢ | 3% | 1.1 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $301K | 54¢ | 3% | 0.7 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
7 directors reported · 5 of 7at arm's length
- Steinhauer, JodyFounding member & exec directonot at arm's length
- Best, RhondaTreasurerarm's length
- Jursa, MichelleDirectorarm's length
- Brown, TedDirectorarm's length
- Vaknin, SoniaDirectorarm's length
- Gutmann, LaurieDirectornot at arm's length
- Parisi, JadenDirectorarm'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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