PROJECT SHELTER WAKADOGO
Charitable organizationSupportive health care·9924 PATTON RD SW · CALGARY, AB · T2V 5G2·BN 826373474RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Our vision is to provide quality education and healthcare to enable a new generation of children in northern Uganda to reach their full potential. Wakadogo's mission is to create a safe stimulating environment for intellectual creative and physical well being and development of the children in Acholiland. Wakadogo means 'for the little ones' in Swahili. Wakadogo is a grassroots charity registered in Uganda Canada & in the UK. We believe that education is the most powerful and effective way to change lives. The school serves and educates 450 boys and girls and employs 33 people from the lo… Show more
Our vision is to provide quality education and healthcare to enable a new generation of children in northern Uganda to reach their full potential. Wakadogo's mission is to create a safe stimulating environment for intellectual creative and physical well being and development of the children in Acholiland. Wakadogo means 'for the little ones' in Swahili. Wakadogo is a grassroots charity registered in Uganda Canada & in the UK. We believe that education is the most powerful and effective way to change lives. The school serves and educates 450 boys and girls and employs 33 people from the local community. In addition to education the school provides the students a nutritious school meal every day so that they can learn on full stomachs as well as a health facility called the Musgrave Health Centre which treats all of our students staff and the local community.
New programs
1. A small hydroponics farm was installed at Wakadogo School to supplement our school meals program 2. A vocational training program was started to teach students additional skills like tailoring hair dressing and production on Saturdays 3. A computer Literacy program was started to compliment learning in class
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)86¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 86¢ 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)14%
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)0.9 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)$335K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $142K | 100¢ | 0% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $212K | 100¢ | — | 1.2 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $147K | 100¢ | 0% | 1.1 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $174K | 74¢ | 26% | 1.3 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $256K | 73¢ | 27% | 1 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $335K | 86¢ | 14% | 0.9 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
6 directors reported · 2 of 6at arm's length
- Williamson Still, FarahChair/Presidentnot at arm's length
- Charbonneau, AndreaDirector/CEOarm's length
- Aston, ZaynaSecretaryarm's length
- Williamson, NilminTreasurer/CFOnot at arm's length
- Virga, ShirleyDirectornot at arm's length
- Virga, AntoninoDirectornot 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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