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The Hastings North Area Planning Association

Charitable organizationCommunity resource·2620 EAST HASTINGS ST · VANCOUVER, BC · V5K 1Z6·BN 863557302RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

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Cents to cause T1

79¢

of each dollar spent, to programs

Operating overhead T1

21%

typical range 5–35%

Reserves T1

0.7 yr

of program spending, in cash and investments

Revenue T1

$463K

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 The Hastings North Area Planning Association?

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Is The Hastings North Area Planning Association a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 863557302RR0001. 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 The Hastings North Area Planning Association located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 2620 EAST HASTINGS ST, VANCOUVER, BC, V5K 1Z6. Source.

What does The Hastings North Area Planning Association do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Our Community Clean-up program staff and volunteers responded to concerns about litter and graffiti by organizing a total of 74 litter clean-ups and paint-out events that removed 1 941 graffiti tags and 326 bags of garbage. Our programs also removed 228 needles and reported 648 illegal dumping and hazard sites. Our…" Full program description.

How much of The Hastings North Area Planning Association'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 The Hastings North Area Planning Association?T1

Its last-reported revenue was $463K (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

Our Community Clean-up program staff and volunteers responded to concerns about litter and graffiti by organizing a total of 74 litter clean-ups and paint-out events that removed 1 941 graffiti tags and 326 bags of garbage. Our programs also removed 228 needles and reported 648 illegal dumping and hazard sites. Our Business Safety staff had 811 interactions with homeless/street people which is a 20% increase from the previous year. Through homeless outreach we provided resource information and distributed 655 items such as: snacks water socks gloves toques care kits sleeping bags blan… Show more

Our Community Clean-up program staff and volunteers responded to concerns about litter and graffiti by organizing a total of 74 litter clean-ups and paint-out events that removed 1 941 graffiti tags and 326 bags of garbage. Our programs also removed 228 needles and reported 648 illegal dumping and hazard sites. Our Business Safety staff had 811 interactions with homeless/street people which is a 20% increase from the previous year. Through homeless outreach we provided resource information and distributed 655 items such as: snacks water socks gloves toques care kits sleeping bags blankets and scarves. Business Safety team members continue to work weekly with the Community Integration Team BC Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction to provide meaningful support to those who are unhoused or requiring other supports. Our street front office received 788 community complaints with the top complaints being homeless related concerns thefts (mostly shoplifting) and mischief/vandalism. Outreach program activities included our 14th Annual Shredding Day on May 4. Two hundred and sixty-four people shredded 5 500 pounds of personal documents and contributed $2 746. We participated in 84 other outreach initiatives that included 39 events 25 presentations and 20 community meetings totalling 6 600 people in attendance.

New programs

We co-led the Hastings Sunrise Restorative Neighbourhood Initiative with Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House and Peace of the Circle. Our work included recruiting and training 15 peace makers hosting 11 dialogue circles recruiting 17 organizations to support the initiative and coordinating 28 planning meetings.

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.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

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

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

21%

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

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.7 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)

$463K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

1%

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)

60%

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

    1%

    T3010 4500 ÷ 4700

  • GovernmentT1

    60%

    T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700

  • Other revenueT1

    39%

    T3010 remainder ÷ 4700

Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. 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

11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length

  • DAVIS, LARADIRECTORarm's length
  • WARREN, LISADIRECTORarm's length
  • MA, NEILTREASURERarm's length
  • HU, STEPHANIEDIRECTORarm's length
  • LUONG, TOMMYPRESIDENTarm's length
  • WONG, PETERVICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
  • WOLFE, ELIZABETHSECRETARYarm's length
  • O'BRIEN, MICHAELDIRECTORarm's length
  • GUERIN, TAYLORDIRECTORarm's length
  • HOWES, NATHANDIRECTORarm's length
  • SHAPORENKO, OLGADIRECTORarm'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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