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OAK BAY VOLUNTEER SERVICES SOCIETY

Charitable organizationCommunity resource·1442 MONTEREY AVE · VICTORIA, BC · V8S 4W1·BN 890545999RR0001·website ↗

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

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society (OBVS) provides free one-to-one services and programs to help improve or maintain independent living. Services support the needs of older adults individuals living with physical and/or mental health challenges individuals living in low income individuals living in isolation and other complex needs. Our services incorporate elements of transportation assistance companionship and home maintenance. Current services include: drives to medical appointments grocery shopping recreation and other errands shopping with delivery of groceries and medication s Show more

Oak Bay Volunteer Services Society (OBVS) provides free one-to-one services and programs to help improve or maintain independent living. Services support the needs of older adults individuals living with physical and/or mental health challenges individuals living in low income individuals living in isolation and other complex needs. Our services incorporate elements of transportation assistance companionship and home maintenance. Current services include: drives to medical appointments grocery shopping recreation and other errands shopping with delivery of groceries and medication social and wellness check phone calls home visits walks in the community light gardening technology support and minor home repairs. Our programming includes income tax support through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program fresh meal delivery for seniors through the More Than Meals Program housekeeping support through the Better at Home program and seasonal snow and ice removal through our Snow Angels Program. In 2023-2024 OBVS delivered 4 688 services to 549 clients through the support of 175 dedicated volunteers.

New programs

In our 2023-2024 fiscal year we introduced two new service including Cultural Companions where folks are matched with a companion to enjoy arts and cultural outings and Destination Walks in which a volunteer with someone to an errand or appointment.

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)

83¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 83¢ 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)

17%

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)

0.4 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)

$341K

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

4%

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)

26%

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$285K83¢17%0.4 yr
2020-03-31$278K
2021-03-31$331K83¢17%0.2 yr
2022-03-31$334K83¢17%0.3 yr
2023-03-31$310K83¢17%0.4 yr
2024-03-31$341K83¢17%0.4 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

  • CATTRALL, DAVIDCHAIRarm's length
  • KALLAL, DIANEDIRECTORarm's length
  • MERCHANT, SUSAN UDIRECTORarm's length
  • COLLINS, DAVID BTREASURERarm's length
  • TAYLOR, BRONWYNSECRETARYarm's length
  • MALONE, BRIANVICE CHAIRarm's length
  • WELLS, KEITHDIRECTORarm's length
  • SHANNON, MICHAELDIRECTORarm's length
  • Black, Diana DBDirectorarm's length
  • Moore, Fredrick (Stuart) FSMDirectorarm'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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