METRO KIDS SOCIETY
Charitable organizationSupport of religion·PO BOX 42102 RPO GUILDFORD · SURREY, BC · V3R 1S5·BN 861167120RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
79¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
10%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.6 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$257K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
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Is Metro Kids Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 861167120RR0001. 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 Metro Kids Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is PO BOX 42102 RPO GUILDFORD, SURREY, BC, V3R 1S5. Source.
What does Metro Kids Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "During the school year we have a weekly children's program. Every week our volunteers visit over 300 school age children' who live in low income housing throughout Surrey and invite them to the program on Saturday morning. On Saturday we run 4 bus routes to pick up the children and about 120 attend each week. We also…" Full program description.
How much of Metro Kids Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 79¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Metro Kids Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $257K (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
During the school year we have a weekly children's program. Every week our volunteers visit over 300 school age children' who live in low income housing throughout Surrey and invite them to the program on Saturday morning. On Saturday we run 4 bus routes to pick up the children and about 120 attend each week. We also have a weekly program preteens and another for youth in secondary school. As part of these programs we also have a leadership training and mentoring program for youth who want to become volunteers and leaders in our various programs. In summer months we run our children's programs… Show more
During the school year we have a weekly children's program. Every week our volunteers visit over 300 school age children' who live in low income housing throughout Surrey and invite them to the program on Saturday morning. On Saturday we run 4 bus routes to pick up the children and about 120 attend each week. We also have a weekly program preteens and another for youth in secondary school. As part of these programs we also have a leadership training and mentoring program for youth who want to become volunteers and leaders in our various programs. In summer months we run our children's programs at the low income housing complexes throughout Surrey
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.
79¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 79¢ 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 79¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
10%
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
1.6 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)$257K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)50%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
2%
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
50%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
2%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
48%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $192K | 71¢ | 29% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $192K | 73¢ | 27% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $299K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.3 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $278K | 100¢ | 12% | 0.1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $706K | 90¢ | 10% | 1.5 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $257K | 79¢ | 10% | 1.6 yr |
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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
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- Willis, CarlBoard Memberarm's length
- Kirkwood, Brian TPBoard Memberarm's length
- Jackson, KarenRecording Secretaryarm's length
- Frohlich, MarkBoard Memberarm's length
- Hanson, GrahamExecutive Directorarm's length
- Brownlee, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Hasiuk, EzekielBoard 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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