GROUNDSWELL EDUCATION SOCIETY
Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·506 - 645 COMO LAKE AVE · COQUITLAM, BC · V3J 0N9·BN 841603046RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
Cents to cause T1
99¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
1%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$18K
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 Groundswell Education Society?
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Is Groundswell Education Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 841603046RR0001. 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 Groundswell Education Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 506 - 645 COMO LAKE AVE, COQUITLAM, BC, V3J 0N9. Source.
What does Groundswell Education Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The EXPLORE program is now called Leadership for Social Change. We infuse of social environmental and economic justice into our curriculum and work with people who have barriers to access and who want to contribute to positive social change with their work. We support people to articulate their values uncover their…" Full program description.
How much of Groundswell Education Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 99¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Groundswell Education Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $18K (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
The EXPLORE program is now called Leadership for Social Change. We infuse of social environmental and economic justice into our curriculum and work with people who have barriers to access and who want to contribute to positive social change with their work. We support people to articulate their values uncover their strengths and practice their agency to work towards making the changes they want to see in their communities through self-employment small business non-profits cooperatives and community initiatives. The program offers skill training and practice in adaptability communica… Show more
The EXPLORE program is now called Leadership for Social Change. We infuse of social environmental and economic justice into our curriculum and work with people who have barriers to access and who want to contribute to positive social change with their work. We support people to articulate their values uncover their strengths and practice their agency to work towards making the changes they want to see in their communities through self-employment small business non-profits cooperatives and community initiatives. The program offers skill training and practice in adaptability communication creativity and innovation collaboration and problem solving as well as nervous system regulation in order to build personal resilience for social change work.
New programs
The Charity ran a pilot program called Building Collective Power which supported alumni of the Leadership for Social Change program to deepen and practice the skills they learned as leaders of their own community projects.
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.
99¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 99¢ 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 99¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
1%
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)$18K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
23%
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
0%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
23%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
77%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $304K | 96¢ | 4% | 0.2 yr |
| 2020-06-30 | $374K | 100¢ | 2% | 0.1 yr |
| 2021-06-30 | $371K | 99¢ | 1% | 0.3 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $150K | 98¢ | 2% | 0.2 yr |
| 2023-06-30 | $204K | 99¢ | 1% | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $18K | 99¢ | 1% | — |
| 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.
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Board of directors
3 directors reported · 3 of 3at arm's length
- Subramanian, SangeetaBoard Memberarm's length
- Yugai, ElenaBoard Memberarm's length
- Nakagawa, NadineBoard Memberarm'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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