GROWING CHEFS SOCIETY
Charitable organizationEducational organizations (n.e.c.)·100 - 290 1ST AVE E · VANCOUVER, BC · V5T 1A6·BN 841127566RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-09-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Too many kids don’t know where food comes from or have access to nourishing whole food. We’re on a mission to change that. Growing Chefs trains and supports chef and community volunteers to deliver our Classroom Gardening & Cooking Program. Our dedicated volunteers lead mentor and inspire the students to grow vegetables in their classrooms and learn to cook healthy nutritious meals with what they grow. Through a series of lessons they transform students’ relationship with food. Our innovative collaborative and hands-on program LunchLAB provides healthy nutritious lunches to stu… Show more
Too many kids don’t know where food comes from or have access to nourishing whole food. We’re on a mission to change that. Growing Chefs trains and supports chef and community volunteers to deliver our Classroom Gardening & Cooking Program. Our dedicated volunteers lead mentor and inspire the students to grow vegetables in their classrooms and learn to cook healthy nutritious meals with what they grow. Through a series of lessons they transform students’ relationship with food. Our innovative collaborative and hands-on program LunchLAB provides healthy nutritious lunches to students while engaging them in learning life-long food literacy skills. In LunchLAB students are empowered to work closely with chefs-in-residence to create a low-cost nourishing and locally sourced lunch menu and cook for themselves and up to 200 of their peers. Students teachers and caregivers not only love the healthy lunches but also the inclusive social environment that LunchLAB offers.
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)66¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ 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)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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.8 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)$1.0M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)13%
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)37%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-30 | $574K | 84¢ | 16% | 0.8 yr |
| 2020-09-30 | $727K | 93¢ | 49% | 1.1 yr |
| 2021-09-30 | $566K | 39¢ | 61% | 2.7 yr |
| 2022-09-30 | $511K | 62¢ | 38% | 1.5 yr |
| 2023-09-30 | $650K | 69¢ | 31% | 1.1 yr |
| 2024-09-30 | $1.0M | 66¢ | 34% | 0.8 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)
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
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Kennedy, MattMember at Largearm's length
- Mansfield, BrentChairarm's length
- Schwartz, MerriMember at Largearm's length
- Tan, NormanMember at Largearm's length
- Anderson, Edward (Ted)Co-Chairarm's length
- Uhlig, StephanieTreasurerarm's length
- Bailey, ParkerMember at Largearm's length
- Kannusamy, ShobnaChairarm's length
- Boys, WendyMember at Largearm's length
- McEwin, PamelaMember at Largearm's length
- Veerapen, RoshniMember 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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