BELTLINE URBAN SOCIETY
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·703 - 616 15 AVE SW · CALGARY, AB · T2R 0R5·BN 838825735RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-09-30
Cents to cause T1
66¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
34%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$3K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Beltline Urban Society?
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Is Beltline Urban Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 838825735RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Beltline Urban Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 703 - 616 15 AVE SW, CALGARY, AB, T2R 0R5. Source.
What does Beltline Urban Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "BELTLINE URBAN SOCIETY (BUS) operates several programs. The BUS Beltline Heritage Program creates maintains and digitizes content related to the history of the Beltline district in Calgary. The BUS Urban Scholars program continues to search for qualified applicants across Canada and did not grant any scholarships…" Full program description.
How much of Beltline Urban Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Beltline Urban Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $3K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
BELTLINE URBAN SOCIETY (BUS) operates several programs. The BUS Beltline Heritage Program creates maintains and digitizes content related to the history of the Beltline district in Calgary. The BUS Urban Scholars program continues to search for qualified applicants across Canada and did not grant any scholarships during the fiscal period. The BUS Urban Forum program has been advancing a policy project regarding municipal governance. The policy project substantially completed its research phase in 2024 and is preparing publications as material for future public urban forum events.
New programs
No new 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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
66¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 66¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
34%
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 ↗ · what this means
—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$3K
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 ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
100%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
0%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-30 | $14K | 89¢ | 11% | — |
| 2020-09-30 | $10K | 39¢ | 61% | — |
| 2021-09-30 | $8K | 66¢ | 34% | — |
| 2022-09-30 | $20K | 59¢ | 41% | — |
| 2023-09-30 | $9K | 74¢ | 26% | — |
| 2024-09-30 | $3K | 66¢ | 34% | — |
| trend |
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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 819 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 · 4 of 4at arm's length
- TAYLOR, ROBPRESIDENTarm's length
- ROJEK, LUCASSECRETARY-TREASURERarm's length
- SUCH, ROBERTDIRECTOR AT LARGEarm's length
- SCHULTZ, DONDIRECTOR 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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