THE FRIENDS OF THE SANCTUARY/LES AMIS DU SANCTUAIRE
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·5589 PARLOW RD · IROQUOIS, ON · K0E 1K0·BN 891008641RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
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not in this filing
Operating overhead T1
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not in this filing
Reserves T1
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Revenue T1
$42K
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— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
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Common questions
How do I donate to The Friends of the Sanctuary?
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Is The Friends of the Sanctuary a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 891008641RR0001. 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 Friends of the Sanctuary located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 5589 PARLOW RD, IROQUOIS, ON, K0E 1K0. Source.
What does The Friends of the Sanctuary do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "1. Semi Annual Garbage Pickup-Adopt A Highway- Highway 2 in South Stormont- April and October 10 volunteers each time for 2-3 hours. 2. Maintain pollinator garden and Monarch Waystation UCMBS 3. Maintain Bird Nesting boxes Purple Martin house Duck boxes and turtle boxes. UCMBS 4. Maintain walking ski and snowshoe…" Full program description.
How big is The Friends of the Sanctuary?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $42K (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
1. Semi Annual Garbage Pickup-Adopt A Highway- Highway 2 in South Stormont- April and October 10 volunteers each time for 2-3 hours. 2. Maintain pollinator garden and Monarch Waystation UCMBS 3. Maintain Bird Nesting boxes Purple Martin house Duck boxes and turtle boxes. UCMBS 4. Maintain walking ski and snowshoe trails. UCMBS 5. Winter Program- Jan -March every weekend 12-4 3-4 volunteers each day= 448 volunteer hours renting skis and snowshoes manning Visitor’s center for washrooms warm up. 6. Educational programs for school groups Girl Guides families. Bird watching walks forest w… Show more
1. Semi Annual Garbage Pickup-Adopt A Highway- Highway 2 in South Stormont- April and October 10 volunteers each time for 2-3 hours. 2. Maintain pollinator garden and Monarch Waystation UCMBS 3. Maintain Bird Nesting boxes Purple Martin house Duck boxes and turtle boxes. UCMBS 4. Maintain walking ski and snowshoe trails. UCMBS 5. Winter Program- Jan -March every weekend 12-4 3-4 volunteers each day= 448 volunteer hours renting skis and snowshoes manning Visitor’s center for washrooms warm up. 6. Educational programs for school groups Girl Guides families. Bird watching walks forest walks tick awareness turtle awareness pollinator awareness. 2-3 volunteers various times as requested.7. Kids Nature Zone. A 1 day free event for families focus on activities and education on various nature topics. Monarchs track identification making bird feeders bees turtles etc. 15 volunteers for 6 hours. 8. Seniors Learn To Ski- an introduction to Cross-Country Skiing for local seniors. 2 volunteers for 3 hours 9. March Break Activities- free or low cost activities for school aged children during March Break such as crafts nature study outdoor activities 3-5 volunteers each day for 5 hours.10. Family Day – low cost family oriented activities and BBQ – 5 volunteers for 5 hours. 11. Produce newsletter to members with reporting on activities articles of interest and resources. CON'D below the New programs. ...........#12 13 14 & 15.........
New programs
1. Partnership with local high school to start and plant native species of plants to support monarchs and other pollinators. CONTINUATION OF ONGOING PROGRAMS FROM ABOVE ......... 12. Replace all old trail signs at UCMBS including scannable QR codes for information and maps on trails- ongoing. 13. Maintain social media email and website for providing information regarding programs and activities and volunteer opportunities. 4 volunteers. 14. Ongoing trail work to improve and increase the network of trails. 15. Placing turtle protection boxes on active nests. 2 volunteers 5 hours.
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.
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Not computable from this filing.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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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
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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)$42K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)5%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
4%
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
5%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
4%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
91%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
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| 2019-03-31 | $52K | — | — | — |
| 2020-03-31 | $11K | — | 20% | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $5K | — | 16% | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $13K | — | 21% | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $26K | — | 64% | — |
| 2024-03-31 | $42K | — | — | — |
| trend |
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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 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 · 7 of 11at arm's length
- Miller, Ross JPresidentarm's length
- Schuler, MariePresidentarm's length
- Davies, Lori CSecretaryarm's length
- Roberts, MargarethaTreasurernot at arm's length
- Blanchard, Richard HDirectorarm's length
- Serviss, Tina C.Membership Directornot at arm's length
- Thorpe, PattyDirector/Merchandisearm's length
- VANDERZWEEP, JOHANNES CDirectornot at arm's length
- VANDERZWEEP, Madeline FDirectornot at arm's length
- Charlebois, Kathleen M.ADirectorarm's length
- Joseph, Carol EPublic Relationsarm'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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