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QUINTE WEST GARDENS-GROWING COMMUNITY

Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·7 AV RAMSAY · TRENTON, ON · K8V 2P4·BN 866104433RR0001

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

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Cents to cause T1

100¢

of each dollar spent, to programs

Operating overhead T1

—

not in this filing

Reserves T1

—

not in this filing

Revenue T1

$4K

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 Quinte West Gardens-Growing Community?

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Is Quinte West Gardens-Growing Community a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 866104433RR0001. 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 Quinte West Gardens-Growing Community located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 7 AV RAMSAY, TRENTON, ON, K8V 2P4. Source.

What does Quinte West Gardens-Growing Community do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Last year we added another 2 beds to our community rental beds bringing the total to 23. Our total harvest for the year was 1292lbs of fresh fruit vegetables and herbs delivered to 5 church kitchens our local food bank and individuals in need. Volunteers put in over 1530 hours during the year to maintain the…" Full program description.

How much of Quinte West Gardens-Growing Community's spending goes to programs?T1

Per its F2024 T3010, 100¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.

How big is Quinte West Gardens-Growing Community?T1

Its last-reported revenue was $4K (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

Last year we added another 2 beds to our community rental beds bringing the total to 23. Our total harvest for the year was 1292lbs of fresh fruit vegetables and herbs delivered to 5 church kitchens our local food bank and individuals in need. Volunteers put in over 1530 hours during the year to maintain the gardens donate produce and host events. Ongoing community events included our annual seed swap annual spring plant fundraiser sale Wellness Expo and various gardening workshops at our local library. Student volunteers were welcomed once again to the gardens to receive volunteer hours… Show more

Last year we added another 2 beds to our community rental beds bringing the total to 23. Our total harvest for the year was 1292lbs of fresh fruit vegetables and herbs delivered to 5 church kitchens our local food bank and individuals in need. Volunteers put in over 1530 hours during the year to maintain the gardens donate produce and host events. Ongoing community events included our annual seed swap annual spring plant fundraiser sale Wellness Expo and various gardening workshops at our local library. Student volunteers were welcomed once again to the gardens to receive volunteer hours.

New programs

In May we hosted students from a local public school for our first ever teaching exercise at the gardens. The focus was on ecology and students participated in 4 different workshops. They learned how earthworms and wildflowers contribute to the garden and they created pet rocks and potted up plants as a take-away gift. A Pampered Chef fundraiser was held in the summer which raised enough money to cover the costs of building 2 additional raised garden beds. Additionally a small pollinator garden was started with a focus on growing native flowers to support and bring awareness to our nat… Show more

In May we hosted students from a local public school for our first ever teaching exercise at the gardens. The focus was on ecology and students participated in 4 different workshops. They learned how earthworms and wildflowers contribute to the garden and they created pet rocks and potted up plants as a take-away gift. A Pampered Chef fundraiser was held in the summer which raised enough money to cover the costs of building 2 additional raised garden beds. Additionally a small pollinator garden was started with a focus on growing native flowers to support and bring awareness to our native pollinators.

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)

100¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 100¢ 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 100¢ · 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)

—

Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

—

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)

$4K

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

10%

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)

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

    10%

    T3010 4500 ÷ 4700

  • GovernmentT1

    0%

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

  • Other revenueT1

    90%

    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.

Board of directors

5 directors reported · 5 of 5at arm's length

  • Richardson, Colette ABoard Memberarm's length
  • Jennifer, Lewis CChairarm's length
  • James, Lacey PMemberarm's length
  • Sheila, Callaghan MSecretaryarm's length
  • Claire, Marchand TMemberarm'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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