STORY STUDIO WRITING SOCIETY
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·780 BLANSHARD ST · VICTORIA, BC · V8W 2H1·BN 807121504RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Story Studio is an award-winning BC-based charity that inspires educates and empowers youth to be great storytellers transforming lives and strengthening communities. The charity supports the well-being of children youth and families (particularly in under-resourced communities) through learning experiences that result in improved literacy and greater engagement in the arts. Staff and volunteers provide workshops for young people of all ages in a variety of settings including in-school out of school and online.
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)25¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 25¢ 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)7%
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)$230K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
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)6%
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 | $83K | 84¢ | 16% | — |
| 2020-06-30 | $59K | 10¢ | 90% | — |
| 2021-06-30 | $104K | 93¢ | 7% | 0.4 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $151K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.3 yr |
| 2023-06-30 | $164K | 95¢ | 5% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $230K | 25¢ | 7% | 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
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Aiken, PaisleyDirectorarm's length
- Mandal, AnirbanDirectorarm's length
- Tarnopolsky, SarahChairarm's length
- Works, LynnTreasurerarm's length
- Motz, ShelleySecretaryarm's length
- Tax, StephenDirectorarm's length
- Christie, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Gross, HeatherDirectorarm's length
- Monteith, HannahSecretaryarm'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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