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CAME FOUNDATION FONDATION DE L'ACÉM

Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·100-2733 LANCASTER ROAD · OTTAWA, ON · K1B 0A9·BN 828500488RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

CAME WOOSTER FAMILY GRANT IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: THIS AWARD IS MEANT TO SUPPORT NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION THAT ARE NOT PART OF A LARGER FORMALIZED AND FUNDED EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER-REVIEWED GRANT SUPPORT IN MEDICAL EDUATION ARE LIMITED. EMERGING EDUCATORS AND THOSE WITH NEW UNFUNDED PROJECTS ARE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGED IN ATTRACTING SUPPORT AT THESE CRITICAL TIMES. THIS GRANT IS OPEN TO CLINICAL FACULTY MEMBERS IN A CANADIAN FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES/MEDICINE (OR EQUIVALENT) WHO ARE MEMBERS OF CAME SEEKING FUNDING FOR SCHOLARLY PROJECTS RE Show more

CAME WOOSTER FAMILY GRANT IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: THIS AWARD IS MEANT TO SUPPORT NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION THAT ARE NOT PART OF A LARGER FORMALIZED AND FUNDED EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER-REVIEWED GRANT SUPPORT IN MEDICAL EDUATION ARE LIMITED. EMERGING EDUCATORS AND THOSE WITH NEW UNFUNDED PROJECTS ARE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGED IN ATTRACTING SUPPORT AT THESE CRITICAL TIMES. THIS GRANT IS OPEN TO CLINICAL FACULTY MEMBERS IN A CANADIAN FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES/MEDICINE (OR EQUIVALENT) WHO ARE MEMBERS OF CAME SEEKING FUNDING FOR SCHOLARLY PROJECTS RELATED TO MEDICAL EDUCATION. CMEJ: THE CANADIAN MEDICAL EDUCATION (CMEJ) IS AN ONLINE OPEN-ACCESS PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL EXPLORING NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION. THE CAME FOUNDATION HOPES TO ASSIST THE JOURNAL IN ITS VISION TO MOVE BEYOND THE SOMEWHAT CAUTIOUS AND LOW-KEY PROFILE THE JOURNAL HAS HAD TO DATE AND TO RELAUNCH THE JOURNAL ON A WORLD STAGE AS SOMETHING DISTINCTLY CANADIAN AND SIMULTANEOUSLY OF INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE AND INTEREST. IN 2020 THE CAME FOUNDATION AWARDED THE NEW HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION GRANTS. THERE ARE THREE GRANTS LEARNER EARLY CAREER AND FACULTY HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION GRANTS. THE CAME FOUNDATION HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION GRANTS SUPPORT NEW AND INNOVATIVE SCHOLARLY PROJECTS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION THAT ARE NOT PART OF LARGER FORMALIZED AND FUNDED EDUCATION RESEARCH 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)

46¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 46¢ 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)

54%

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)

$23K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

100%

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, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-12-31$24K63¢37%
2020-12-31$6K64¢36%
2021-12-31$12K71¢29%
2022-12-31$17K67¢33%
2023-12-31$11K57¢43%
2024-12-31$23K46¢54%
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 · 3 of 4at arm's length

  • WATSON, WADE TAPAST CHAIR OF THE BOARDarm's length
  • ADAMS, SCOTT JTREASURER
  • HAMZA, DEENA MCHAIR OF THE BOARDarm's length
  • DESY, JANEVE RMEMBER AT LARGEarm'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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