SO KIDS CAN SEE
Charitable organizationCore health care·404 JASMINE CRT · FORT ERIE, ON · L2A 6T6·BN 805782208RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-09-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Since 2018 Support for Children's Vision in the Philippines is an ongoing program in collaboration with the St. Michael's Hospital Urban Angels. Since 2019 Our founder spearheaded the National Program for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in Bangladesh initially funded by USAID Childhood Blindness Program (CBP) and the Excellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award (XOVA) So Kids Can See aims to expand screening of all babies born too soon in remote areas of Bangladesh. In 2022 So Kids Can See initiated a response to action for the on-set of the Ukrainian War to aid in any child-health relat… Show more
Since 2018 Support for Children's Vision in the Philippines is an ongoing program in collaboration with the St. Michael's Hospital Urban Angels. Since 2019 Our founder spearheaded the National Program for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in Bangladesh initially funded by USAID Childhood Blindness Program (CBP) and the Excellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award (XOVA) So Kids Can See aims to expand screening of all babies born too soon in remote areas of Bangladesh. In 2022 So Kids Can See initiated a response to action for the on-set of the Ukrainian War to aid in any child-health related injury or continued care while access to critical supplies was halted throughout Ukraine that impact childhood blindness such as insulin for childhood diabetes first aid kits hygiene kits beds for mothers with displaced children in camps and other incidentals. From 2024 So Kids Can See in collaboration with the College of Eastern and Southern Africa of ophthalmology is helping launch a course in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Novartis Excellent in Ophthalmology Award to provide training and education to improve cataract outcomes.
New programs
No new activities for 2023-2024 fiscal year. Ongoing support to our existing programs.
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)—
Not computable from this filing.
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)—
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)—
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)$1K
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)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-30 | $0K | — | — | — |
| 2020-09-30 | $7K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2021-09-30 | $0K | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-30 | $6K | 1327¢✱ | 0% | — |
| 2023-09-30 | $2K | 0¢ | 0% | — |
| 2024-09-30 | $1K | — | — | — |
| 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
4 directors reported · 0 of 4at arm's length
- Hampton, Lindsay LHPresident / Directornot at arm's length
- Anderson, Kateryna KATreasurernot at arm's length
- Comette, Amanda ACDirectornot at arm's length
- Mallipatna, Ashwin AMSecretary / Directornot at arm'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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