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THE LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION - DURHAM REGION

Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·17 LAMBARD CRES · AJAX, ON · L1S 1M6·BN 892461047RR0001·website ↗

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

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

WE CONDUCT MONTHLY OPEN ONLINE MEETINGS ON TOPICS RELATED TO LEARNING DISABILITIES (LD'S). MEETINGS ARE FREE. WE ADVISE PARENTS ON APPROACHES TO MEETING SCHOOL OFFICIALS REGARDING PROBLEMS AND EDUCATIONAL MODIFICATIONS FOR LD-IDENTIFIED STUDENTS. WE REPRESENT OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ON THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT MANDATED SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES (SEAC'S) OF THE PUBLIC AND SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARDS IN DURHAM REGION. WE OPERATED A WEBSITE FOR OUR CHAPTER WITH LINKS TO AN ON-LINE LIBRARY OF LD-RELATED TOPICS (BOOKS LITERATURE VIDEOS RESEARCH). WE PROMOTED AWARENESS DAY INITIATIVES Show more

WE CONDUCT MONTHLY OPEN ONLINE MEETINGS ON TOPICS RELATED TO LEARNING DISABILITIES (LD'S). MEETINGS ARE FREE. WE ADVISE PARENTS ON APPROACHES TO MEETING SCHOOL OFFICIALS REGARDING PROBLEMS AND EDUCATIONAL MODIFICATIONS FOR LD-IDENTIFIED STUDENTS. WE REPRESENT OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ON THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT MANDATED SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES (SEAC'S) OF THE PUBLIC AND SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARDS IN DURHAM REGION. WE OPERATED A WEBSITE FOR OUR CHAPTER WITH LINKS TO AN ON-LINE LIBRARY OF LD-RELATED TOPICS (BOOKS LITERATURE VIDEOS RESEARCH). WE PROMOTED AWARENESS DAY INITIATIVES IN CONJUNCTION WITH BOTH BOARDS ON LEARNING DISABILITIES. WE AWARDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH DURHAM DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO 2 DESERVING LD STUDENTS TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION.

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)

74¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 74¢ 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)

26%

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)

$5K

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

79%

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, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-03-31$15K63¢37%
2020-03-31$11K70¢26%
2021-03-31$6K56¢44%
2022-03-31$5K60¢40%
2023-03-31$5K55¢47%
2024-03-31$5K74¢26%
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

4 directors reported · 4 of 4at arm's length

  • COOK, DONNADIRECTOR AND PRESIDENTarm's length
  • JARVIS, ROWINDIRECTORarm's length
  • MACDONALD, JENNIFERDIRECTORarm's length
  • JULIE, SORHAITZDIRECTORarm'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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