FRIENDS OF THE DOMINION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY SOCIETY
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·1252 STANCIL LANE · VICTORIA, BC · V8Z 1R5·BN 818572968RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-09-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Saturday Star Parties started in January with monthly events. They became bi-weekly in May and weekly for July. August and part of September continuing monthly for the rest of the calendar year. They included guest speakers on astronomical topics education about the night sky during the month. These 'live' star parties included tours of the Plaskett Dome guest speakers planetarium shows and special childrens' tours. The Visitors' Centre itself was open to the public Tues-Sat from early July to the end of September and then on Saturdays for the rest of the year. School Student Tours t… Show more
Saturday Star Parties started in January with monthly events. They became bi-weekly in May and weekly for July. August and part of September continuing monthly for the rest of the calendar year. They included guest speakers on astronomical topics education about the night sky during the month. These 'live' star parties included tours of the Plaskett Dome guest speakers planetarium shows and special childrens' tours. The Visitors' Centre itself was open to the public Tues-Sat from early July to the end of September and then on Saturdays for the rest of the year. School Student Tours took place during the school year from September 2023 to June 2024 Private tours for groups of size 10 to as many as 84 took place throughout the year. Revenues from private tours increase by more than 50% End of Year Pancake Event attracted families in starting in December 2023
New programs
This year the centre started to be open for at least one star party every month and Saturday daytimes venturing for the first year into all year operation. The partial (in Victoria) solar eclipses of October 2023 and April 2024 were well-attended events.
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)89¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 89¢ 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)11%
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)0.4 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)$153K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)10%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-31 | $89K | 90¢ | 10% | — |
| 2020-05-31 | $64K | 83¢ | 17% | — |
| 2020-09-30 | $17K | 100¢ | 0% | — |
| 2021-09-30 | $59K | 93¢ | 7% | — |
| 2022-09-30 | $71K | 87¢ | 9% | — |
| 2023-09-30 | $108K | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-30 | $153K | 89¢ | 11% | 0.4 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 ↗
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Board of directors
11 directors reported · 10 of 11at arm's length
- Archer, Amy AVice-Chairarm's length
- Skalitzky, Stephanie SMember-at-Largearm's length
- Dorman, BenjaminChairarm's length
- Roche, Laura Marm's length
- McDonald, Robert Carm's length
- von Schuckmann, Ida Farm's length
- Gilbert-Sturm, Patricia DSecretaryarm's length
- Crabtree, Dennis RMember-at-Largearm's length
- Johnston, BrockMember-at-Largearm's length
- Hewlett, LorraineMember-at-Largearm's length
- Pedersen, Kirsten STreasurer
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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