GURSEWA CHARITABLE SOCIETY
Public foundationOther religions·27 CLEARFIELD DRIVE · BRAMPTON, ON · L6P 3L5·BN 860686401RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Disbursed to charities T1
36%
of spending, to other registered charities
Operating overhead T1
0%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
4.6 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$98K
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
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
Common questions
How do I donate to Gursewa Charitable Society?
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Is Gursewa Charitable Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 860686401RR0001. 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 Gursewa Charitable Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 27 CLEARFIELD DRIVE, BRAMPTON, ON, L6P 3L5. Source.
What does Gursewa Charitable Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Conducting regular weekly Sikh Religious Congregations for worship. -Publishing Sikh Religious Audio & Video files books and pamphlets for the community's benefit. -Live broadcasting Kirtan (singing of Holy Hymns from the Sikh Scriptures) programs over the Internet to foster the community's spiritual growth…" Full program description.
How much does Gursewa Charitable Society disburse to other charities?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 36% of its spending went to other registered charities (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Gursewa Charitable Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $98K (F2024).
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Conducting regular weekly Sikh Religious Congregations for worship. -Publishing Sikh Religious Audio & Video files books and pamphlets for the community's benefit. -Live broadcasting Kirtan (singing of Holy Hymns from the Sikh Scriptures) programs over the Internet to foster the community's spiritual growth. -Distributing Sikhism literature and multimedia resources to the community. -Providing Sikhism literature and multimedia resources on the World Wide Web (WWW) to promote the community's spiritual development. -Organizing Sikh Initiation Ceremonies. -Hosting spiritual day/summer camps. -D… Show more
Conducting regular weekly Sikh Religious Congregations for worship. -Publishing Sikh Religious Audio & Video files books and pamphlets for the community's benefit. -Live broadcasting Kirtan (singing of Holy Hymns from the Sikh Scriptures) programs over the Internet to foster the community's spiritual growth. -Distributing Sikhism literature and multimedia resources to the community. -Providing Sikhism literature and multimedia resources on the World Wide Web (WWW) to promote the community's spiritual development. -Organizing Sikh Initiation Ceremonies. -Hosting spiritual day/summer camps. -Developing apps for iPhone Android and other smartphones to disseminate messages from Gurbani and Sikh History. -Converting Sikh historical and spiritual books into Audio Book formats for the community's benefit. -Creating multimedia content to teach Sikh History Principles and Scriptures. -Performing binding repairs of the Scriptures for the benefit of the community. -Converting Sikh historical and spiritual books into PDF formats for the community's benefit. -Preserving the Scriptures for the betterment of the community. -Sponsoring international students and families facing financial challenges for participation in spiritual camps. -Providing aid for people in need including the homeless and victims of natural disasters and wars etc. -Organizing sports events for youth to divert them from engaging in harmful activities such as drug use etc.
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.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)36%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
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
4.6 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$98K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)67%
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
67%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
33%
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 | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $120K | 2% | 4.2 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $71K | 1% | 4.7 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $70K | 3% | 12.4 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $116K | 1% | 6.4 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $142K | 1% | 4 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $98K | 0% | 4.6 yr |
| trend |
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Program-spending share is left out: a foundation's lens is what it disburses, which the annual releases don't break out by year. 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
5 directors reported · 2 of 5at arm's length
- Singh, Sukhjinder SSDirectornot at arm's length
- Kaur, Harpreet HKDirectorarm's length
- Singh, Amritpal ASDirector and Presidentarm's length
- Singh, Harvinder HSDirector and Secretarynot at arm's length
- Pabla, Parminder Singh PSPDirectornot at arm'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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