AVALANCHE CANADA
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·PO BOX 560 · REVELSTOKE, BC · V0E 2S0·BN 846789741RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-06-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Forecasts: Delivery of daily avalanche forecasts November 23 – April 28 for mountainous regions of western Canada. Twice-weekly forecasts for Newfoundland’s Long Range Mountains for 10 weeks January - March. Training: Administration of nationally recognized recreational Avalanche Canada Training program: nearly 11 000 students last year. Outreach: 11 Webinars: 3 000 viewers. Delivered or supported ~35 in-person events. Youth education: Deliver winter safety and avalanche awareness programs to nearly 11 000 K – 12 students. Research: Provide funding to and collaborate with Simon Fraser Universi… Show more
Forecasts: Delivery of daily avalanche forecasts November 23 – April 28 for mountainous regions of western Canada. Twice-weekly forecasts for Newfoundland’s Long Range Mountains for 10 weeks January - March. Training: Administration of nationally recognized recreational Avalanche Canada Training program: nearly 11 000 students last year. Outreach: 11 Webinars: 3 000 viewers. Delivered or supported ~35 in-person events. Youth education: Deliver winter safety and avalanche awareness programs to nearly 11 000 K – 12 students. Research: Provide funding to and collaborate with Simon Fraser University’s avalanche research program. Website and social media: 6.1 million page views on our website 33K Facebook followers 53K Instagram followers 43K app users. Mountain Information Network: Free online platform for users to share backcountry observations; 3 300 posts over 100K views. Avalanche terrain mapping: Mapping select regions using a scale that measures exposure to avalanche terrain. Provincial partnerships: Support Avalanche Quebec to deliver forecasts and services in French. Bilingual products: Deliver online education youth programs monthly newsletters special public avalanche warnings and annual report in both official languages.
New programs
AvCan Podcast: produced nine podcasts on avalanche topics. Forecast for Haines Pass Yukon: In collaboration with the Haines Avalanche Center in AK transitioned pilot project into regular forecast product for this popular area for users from Whitehorse. Ice Climbing Atlas: now provides information on avalanche terrain and avalanche history for 24 popular ice climbs in the Rocky Mountains. In year 2 of 3 of SAR NIF grant to develop avalanche fatality database.
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)87¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 87¢ 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)13%
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)0.1 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)$5.2M
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 ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)11%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-30 | $2.4M | 71¢ | 12% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-06-30 | $2.8M | 80¢ | 13% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-06-30 | $2.8M | 86¢ | 14% | 0.2 yr |
| 2022-06-30 | $4.1M | 89¢ | 11% | 0 yr |
| 2023-06-30 | $4.5M | 87¢ | 13% | 0.2 yr |
| 2024-06-30 | $5.2M | 87¢ | 13% | 0.1 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
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Seel, KevinPresidentarm's length
- Williams, KevinVice-Presidentarm's length
- McMynn, MichaelTreasurerarm's length
- Pawliuk, CurtisDirectorarm's length
- Palechuk, TerryDirectorarm's length
- Shier, JeremyDirectorarm's length
- Jackson, WilliamDirectorarm's length
- Angus, CatherineDirectorarm's length
- Campbell, ChristieDirectorarm's length
- Gingles, KellyDirectorarm'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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