SURFRIDER FOUNDATION CANADA CHAPTERS
Charitable organizationEnvironment·205 - 633 COURTNEY ST · VICTORIA, BC · V8W 1B9·BN 805979424RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Blue Water Task Force - we collect data to inform the public on the state of our coastal environment. Beach Clean Ups Love Your Beach Clean - we organize events to restore and preserve our coastal environment. Rise Above Plastics Ban the Bag Hold onto your Butts Cut the Cutlery Ocean Friendly Businesses Dock the Debris Wave Protection - we campaign to increase public awareness of the effects of debris and pollution on our environment. Youth Environmental Stewardship Surfrider School - we educate the public on the importance of our coastal environment. Wetsuit Reincarnation - we par… Show more
Blue Water Task Force - we collect data to inform the public on the state of our coastal environment. Beach Clean Ups Love Your Beach Clean - we organize events to restore and preserve our coastal environment. Rise Above Plastics Ban the Bag Hold onto your Butts Cut the Cutlery Ocean Friendly Businesses Dock the Debris Wave Protection - we campaign to increase public awareness of the effects of debris and pollution on our environment. Youth Environmental Stewardship Surfrider School - we educate the public on the importance of our coastal environment. Wetsuit Reincarnation - we participate in projects to preserve the environment. Not included in the financial statements is roughly 5 738 hours of donated time from our extensive volunteer network estimated at $99 841 (based on $17.40/hr)
New programs
Foam Free Waters ByeBye Mini Bottles - we campaign to increase public awareness of the effects of debris and pollution on our environment.
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)57¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 57¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
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)43%
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)2.3 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)$529K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)38%
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)22%
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 | $349K | 3¢ | 20% | 29.5 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $338K | 10¢ | 68% | 12.6 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $463K | 64¢ | 14% | 3.8 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $254K | 44¢ | 56% | 2.9 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $521K | 38¢ | 62% | 2 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $529K | 57¢ | 43% | 2.3 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 · 7 of 7at arm's length
- BOUDINOT, DAVIDPRESIDENTarm's length
- MONTGOMERY, GILLIANDIRECTORarm's length
- BRESSER, NICOLEDirectorarm's length
- HARTWIG, GERALDDirectorarm's length
- HATHERLEY, HANNADirectorarm's length
- WHITTAKER, CAROLYNDirectorarm's length
- MURPHY, CARALEEDIRECTORarm'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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