Fédération Mondiale des Journalistes Scientifiques/ World Federation of Science Journalists
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·200 - 4388 RUE SAINT-DENIS · MONTREAL, QC · H2J 2L1·BN 831911748RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
SCHOLARSHIPS: a) Four (4) travel scholarships to science journalists from Indonesia Republic of Congo Kennya and Uganda to participate in the fifth International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) meeting in Kigali Rwanda from May 1-3 2024; b) Three (3) travel scholarships to science journalists from Greece Mexico and the United States to attend the Kavli Prize week in Norway September 2024. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING: a) Four (4) workshops in three different languages – English French and Spanish – took place online during September and October with the eventu… Show more
SCHOLARSHIPS: a) Four (4) travel scholarships to science journalists from Indonesia Republic of Congo Kennya and Uganda to participate in the fifth International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) meeting in Kigali Rwanda from May 1-3 2024; b) Three (3) travel scholarships to science journalists from Greece Mexico and the United States to attend the Kavli Prize week in Norway September 2024. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING: a) Four (4) workshops in three different languages – English French and Spanish – took place online during September and October with the eventual implementation of Guidelines for Journalists Covering Science. A final one was held in person in English on Nov. 19th in Budapest. The Guiding Principles for Journalists Covering Science were presented to the 45 associations which attendent the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the World Federation of Science Journalists on Nov. 20th 2024 in Budapest and are accessible at: https://wfsj.org/resources/ethics-science-journalism/. b) Final payments on a Science Journalism Symposium held in Chile in 2023 within the Spark Grants Initiative. RESEARCH: 'Guiding Principles for Science Journalism – A Global Perspective 2024' presenting the results of a worldwide survey done by Brazil’s National Institute of Public Communication of Science and Technology hosted at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz on ethics in science journalism was published and can be downloaded from : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hwmo0Zy2oSSpW2INiU_pqBROwEygOj2K/view
New programs
2024 program activities were direct continuation and implementation of programs initiated earlier particularly with the conclusion of the program on Ethics in Science Journalism initiated in 20219. See Ongoing 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)62¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 62¢ 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)29%
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)1.5 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)$246K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)21%
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 | $593K | 90¢ | 10% | 0.7 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $88K | 80¢ | 20% | 2.9 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $121K | 78¢ | 22% | 2.8 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $193K | 90¢ | 10% | 1.7 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $319K | 72¢ | 28% | 0.8 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $246K | 62¢ | 29% | 1.5 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)
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Board of directors
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- DEIGHTON, BENJAMIN BDINTERIM PRESIDENTarm's length
- EVANS OGDEN, LESLEY LEOSECRETARYarm's length
- KARKI, CHHATRA BAHADUR CBKVICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
- MBENG BOUM, JOSEPH JMBVICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
- Fleury, Jean-Marc JMFTrésorierarm's length
- Ngotho, Agatha Wamaitha AWNAdministrateurarm's length
- Rueda, Aleida ARSecrétairearm's length
- Ponchner, Debbie DPAdministrateurarm's length
- Priyadarshini, Subhra SPAdministrateurarm'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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