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BRITISH COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING SOCIETY

Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·#206-6741 CARIBOO RD. · BURNABY, BC · V3N 4A3·BN 888422193RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Our mission is to provide job training for youth and access to refurbished technology for British Colombians. Our vision is a BC where everyone has equal access to technology and to tools to facilitate learning. BC Tech delivers equipment through a variety of programs: * ISED's Computers for Schools Plus Program & Connecting Families Initiative * Government of Canada's Computers for Schools Interns program * TELUS Internet for Good *Tech for Home We accept donations of used computers from a variety of government and corporate donors. Youth refurbish the equipment as part of their work experien Show more

Our mission is to provide job training for youth and access to refurbished technology for British Colombians. Our vision is a BC where everyone has equal access to technology and to tools to facilitate learning. BC Tech delivers equipment through a variety of programs: * ISED's Computers for Schools Plus Program & Connecting Families Initiative * Government of Canada's Computers for Schools Interns program * TELUS Internet for Good *Tech for Home We accept donations of used computers from a variety of government and corporate donors. Youth refurbish the equipment as part of their work experience training before they are distributed to schools non-profit organizations Indigenous communities or low income family homes. In partnership with the Province of British Columbia's Social Development & Poverty Reduction the 'Access to Technology' program was initiated in April 2021 with a goal of procuring 9280 laptops for distribution to Ministry identified clients in support of their job/skills training. $10M in funding was provided for the capital purchase of laptops and administration delivery. This project is contract to close September 2024.

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)

98¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 98¢ 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)

2%

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)

0.2 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)

$6.4M

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

13%

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)

21%

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, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-03-31$2.4M95¢5%0.3 yr
2020-03-31$3.6M80¢4%0.3 yr
2021-03-31$2.9M92¢3%0.3 yr
2022-03-31$3.4M97¢3%1.6 yr
2023-03-31$12.0M99¢1%0.1 yr
2024-03-31$6.4M98¢2%0.2 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)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 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

10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length

  • Chan, Stephaniedirectorarm's length
  • Aujala, Harvinderdirectorarm's length
  • Grenier, NancyVice Chairarm's length
  • Johal, HarrySectretary-Treasurerarm's length
  • Kinsey, DouglasChairarm's length
  • Lopez, Larinadirectorarm's length
  • Taylor, Markdirectorarm's length
  • Vogel, Peterdirectorarm's length
  • Waddington, Mary-EmExecutive Directorarm's length
  • Pennell, Teddirectorarm'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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