WHISTLER CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationEnvironment·201 - 4230 GATEWAY DR · WHISTLER, BC · V8E 0Z8·BN 840630081RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This charity filed the simplified return, so some figures can't be computed. Fewer numbers, never invented ones.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Trottier Foundation: We hired Climate Caucus to develop a national network of locally elected representatives covering all provinces and territories and to host educational workshops for them to connect learn about and ultimately deploy climate action and sustainable community planning and development practices and policies in their communities. Catherine Donnelly Foundation: We hired Climate Caucus to undertake research to better understand barriers to engage with marginalized populations in local government climate planning and to develop a detailed educational materials for local electe… Show more
Trottier Foundation: We hired Climate Caucus to develop a national network of locally elected representatives covering all provinces and territories and to host educational workshops for them to connect learn about and ultimately deploy climate action and sustainable community planning and development practices and policies in their communities. Catherine Donnelly Foundation: We hired Climate Caucus to undertake research to better understand barriers to engage with marginalized populations in local government climate planning and to develop a detailed educational materials for local elected officials to more effectively engage with these groups. Vancouver Foundation: We hired WCS Engagement + Planning to assess the sustainable food systems work carried out by Squamish Climate Action Network and to provide recommendations on how to increase their impact through educational programs.
New programs
Whole Cities Foundation: We hired Squamish Climate Action Network to develop new community gardens for delivering expanded educational programs in Squamish. Public Voices (Small Change Fund): We hired Climate Caucus to develop and deliver educational materials to senior government staff to support funding for local government climate action initiatives.
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)—
Not computable from this filing.
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)—
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)$152K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
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 | $37K | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $19K | 98¢ | 2% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $42K | — | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $32K | 42¢ | 58% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $173K | — | 83% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $152K | — | — | — |
| 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
5 directors reported · 5 of 5at arm's length
- Godfrey, JimDirectorarm's length
- Playfair, KarenDirectorarm's length
- Steele, CharlesDirectorarm's length
- Quinlan, ChristopherDirectorarm's length
- Williams, AllanaDirectorarm'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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