VANCOUVER ADAPTIVE SNOW SPORTS
Charitable organizationComplementary or alternative health care·6400 NANCY GREENE WAY · NORTH VANCOUVER, BC · V7R 4K9·BN 892542168RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports ('VASS') provides ski and snowboard programs for disabled students of all ages at the Vancouver based ski mountains. Programs include: a variety of Learn-to-Ski programs for all skill levels Learn-to-Snowboard programs for all skill levels Drop-In ski and snowboard programs Adaptive Race programs and Sit-Ski programs. In total we ran 22 specific programs. Many have run in the past with our two unique family/support programs and the peer-to-peer program in their third year and thriving. The fiscal 2024 year was not a typical season due to a significant chall… Show more
Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports ('VASS') provides ski and snowboard programs for disabled students of all ages at the Vancouver based ski mountains. Programs include: a variety of Learn-to-Ski programs for all skill levels Learn-to-Snowboard programs for all skill levels Drop-In ski and snowboard programs Adaptive Race programs and Sit-Ski programs. In total we ran 22 specific programs. Many have run in the past with our two unique family/support programs and the peer-to-peer program in their third year and thriving. The fiscal 2024 year was not a typical season due to a significant challenge with the lack of snow. Our 6-week programming was reduced to an average of 4 lessons delivered per student resulting in reduced programming revenue compared to last year. However we have grown with a consistent need for at least 550 volunteer instructors every year. This season we delivered 800 lessons to 320 students.
New programs
With the challenging snow conditions we did well to continue the programming we already had in place. Our Tetraski program which started last year resulted in us being able to send an athlete to the international Tetraski race in Utah which was a first for us. All programs will continue in 2024/25 with the exception of the Friday night Club Program which had low interest. However if the need arises we will look at how to restructure this program.
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)70¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 70¢ 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)30%
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)1.8 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)$250K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)18%
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)15%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $308K | 66¢ | 34% | 1.8 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $223K | 71¢ | 29% | 2 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $102K | 84¢ | 16% | 2.5 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $193K | 77¢ | 23% | 1.9 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $254K | 75¢ | 25% | 1.9 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $250K | 70¢ | 30% | 1.8 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 ↗
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Board of directors
12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length
- Bethune, AnnePresidentarm's length
- Holender, EwaVice Presidentarm's length
- Gillespie, TomTreasurerarm's length
- Millar, AlexanderDirectorarm's length
- Mooney, TomDirectorarm's length
- Hughes, JackDirectorarm's length
- Geist-O'Hara, LiisaDirectorarm's length
- Eyton, BryceDirectorarm's length
- Neal, JimDirectorarm's length
- Gillies, AmeliaDirectorarm's length
- Moroney, BryannaDirectorarm's length
- Davison, MarkDirectorarm'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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