SWEDEN HOUSE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·25 - 555 RAVEN WOODS DR · NORTH VANCOUVER, BC · V7G 0A4·BN 830694642RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
We support the Swedish Culture at the Scandinavian Centre the Swedish Rest Home Swedish School and language; scholarships for tertiary education of any nature; donations/gifts to programmes associated with the Society as wells the the Midsummer Festival the Christmas Fair the Spring Clean up and the Volunteer Centre Luncheon as well as other participation in the community. This year we approved three scholarships for a total of $7 5000.00. We received charitable donations of $5 600.00 $ 600.00 of which was earmarked from three donors for new pavers for the front walk of the Scandin… Show more
We support the Swedish Culture at the Scandinavian Centre the Swedish Rest Home Swedish School and language; scholarships for tertiary education of any nature; donations/gifts to programmes associated with the Society as wells the the Midsummer Festival the Christmas Fair the Spring Clean up and the Volunteer Centre Luncheon as well as other participation in the community. This year we approved three scholarships for a total of $7 5000.00. We received charitable donations of $5 600.00 $ 600.00 of which was earmarked from three donors for new pavers for the front walk of the Scandinavian Community Centre and the balance $5 000.00 to be used as the Board determines which has been earmarked for 2025 for the front walk Ramp for better access to the Community Centre. The Midsummer Festival was held June 22-23 the Christmas Fair was held November 16-17 and and the Spring Clean Up was May 11 and while Sweden House did not contribute specific funds other than mentioned above many members participated with time and energy towards the the early set up the days of participation and the time of clean up. The scholarship programme is ongoing. The Board has voted to increase the Scholarship amounts beginning in 2025 to $3 000.00 per scholarship.
New programs
A new fundraising programme is being discussed for 2025 to assist the Scandinavian Centre to assist with future needs.
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)8¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 8¢ 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)—
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)212.9 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)$24K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)23%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $19K | 13¢ | 87% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $16K | 19¢ | 7% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $10K | — | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $19K | 63¢ | 37% | 22.1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $22K | 18¢ | — | 47.5 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $24K | 8¢ | — | 212.9 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 ↗
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Board of directors
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Walkinshaw, Carole MDirector & Treasurerarm's length
- Tornquist, AnnaKarinDirector & Presidentarm's length
- Carina, SpencerDirector and Vice Presidentarm's length
- Brandon, Bung WDirector & Secretaryarm's length
- Blackwood, KarmenDirectorarm's length
- Carlson, Dorothy MDirectorarm's length
- Doyle, Austin CDirectorarm's length
- Kergan, AmmabelleDirectorarm's length
- Nordin, JanDirectorarm's length
- Staley, RetaDirectorarm's length
- Nurmi, AndersDirectorarm'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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