CHOICE FOR LIFE SOCIETY OF WILLIAMS LAKE
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·BOX 4321 · WILLIAMS LAKE, BC · V2G 2V4·BN 889926978RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-02-28
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Monthly meetings and annual meeting on June 3rd 2024. 40 Days for Life 160 volunteer hours. Gift Bag Ministry - Baby layette given to expectant Mothers in our community. Promoted Celebrate Life Week in our city with a banner located on 3rd Ave.(Sept 24th-Oct 1st.) During this week we went to visit at a Care Home for seniors and sang with them. Held annual Life Chain - standing with signs along the streets with message: 'Choose Life' public awareness; Abortion Hurts Women. Purchased 'We're Here For You' newspaper ads for 52 Weeks with a phone number to call to support women with an u… Show more
Monthly meetings and annual meeting on June 3rd 2024. 40 Days for Life 160 volunteer hours. Gift Bag Ministry - Baby layette given to expectant Mothers in our community. Promoted Celebrate Life Week in our city with a banner located on 3rd Ave.(Sept 24th-Oct 1st.) During this week we went to visit at a Care Home for seniors and sang with them. Held annual Life Chain - standing with signs along the streets with message: 'Choose Life' public awareness; Abortion Hurts Women. Purchased 'We're Here For You' newspaper ads for 52 Weeks with a phone number to call to support women with an unplanned pregnancy and for those suffering pain of a past abortion.
New programs
Rachel's Vineyard Retreats were held in April and October for those suffering the pain of a past abortion. Paid the registration fees for 5 people to attend. -Guest speaker from Euthanasia Prevention Coalition spoke to 100 people in our community. Held a Compassionate Community Care Workshop in October with two guest speakers from Ontario. Reach out to a lonely or sick person every week so that they know someone cares for them.
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)90¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ 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)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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)—
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)$17K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)33%
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 ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-28 | $9K | 55¢ | 7% | — |
| 2020-02-28 | $6K | 47¢ | 5% | — |
| 2021-02-28 | $5K | 55¢ | 45% | — |
| 2022-02-28 | $4K | 86¢ | 13% | — |
| 2023-02-28 | $6K | 93¢ | 7% | — |
| 2024-02-28 | $17K | 90¢ | 10% | — |
| 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)
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Board of directors
6 directors reported · 6 of 6at arm's length
- Cameron, Jane CTreasurer / Secretaryarm's length
- Leclerc, Rene HDirectorarm's length
- McGregor, Bernadette EDirectorarm's length
- Quevillon, MarcDirectorarm's length
- Sapp, Lorna JDirectorarm's length
- Schaubroeck, Cecilia JPresidentarm'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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