LONG POINT WORLD BIOSPHERE RESERVE FOUNDATION
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·70 JOHN ST · PORT DOVER, ON · N0A 1N7·BN 897560165RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
90¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
10%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.2 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$436K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation?
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Is Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 897560165RR0001. 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 Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 70 JOHN ST, PORT DOVER, ON, N0A 1N7. Source.
What does Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Foundation promotes research monitoring education and projects that support the goals of conservation and sustainable use in the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve. Our programs include but are not limited to: Cleaning up Norfolk - removing plastics from the Lake Erie Coastal regions of Norfolk County Long…" Full program description.
How much of Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $436K (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
The Foundation promotes research monitoring education and projects that support the goals of conservation and sustainable use in the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve. Our programs include but are not limited to: Cleaning up Norfolk - removing plastics from the Lake Erie Coastal regions of Norfolk County Long Point causeway Improvement Project - saving reptiles by maintaining fences and culverts along the Long Point causeway NatureHood - Developing young citizen scientists Share Geospasial Conservation Database - helping local conservationists collaborate research Annual Research an… Show more
The Foundation promotes research monitoring education and projects that support the goals of conservation and sustainable use in the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve. Our programs include but are not limited to: Cleaning up Norfolk - removing plastics from the Lake Erie Coastal regions of Norfolk County Long Point causeway Improvement Project - saving reptiles by maintaining fences and culverts along the Long Point causeway NatureHood - Developing young citizen scientists Share Geospasial Conservation Database - helping local conservationists collaborate research Annual Research and Conservation Conference and Digital Library - supporting knowledge transfer amoung scientists educators students and the general public Amazing Places and Sustainable Tourism Ambassador Award - promotion of sustainable tourism within the Biosphere region Ontario's only Priority Place - the Long Point Biosphere region encompasses Ontario's only designated Priority Place and Environment and Climate Change Canada program that emphasizes local partnerships to achieve long-lasting protection and recovery of plant and animal species at risk Amazing Places videos Creation of new Podcasts Supporting landowners to qualify their lands as Other Effective Area Based Conservation Measures
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.
90¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 90¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
0.2 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$436K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
94%
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
0%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
94%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $111K | 80¢ | 20% | 1.7 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $68K | 991¢✱ | 261% | 2.4 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $60K | 87¢ | 9% | 2.5 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $165K | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $466K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.4 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $436K | 90¢ | 10% | 0.2 yr |
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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
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- VIA, TOMDIRECTORarm's length
- WILSON, WESDIRECTORarm's length
- GILES, STEPHANIEDIRECTORarm's length
- COUTURIER, ANDREWDIRECTORarm's length
- BOUTIS, PAULADirector & Secretaryarm's length
- BOURGEOIS-DOYLE, DICKDirectorarm's length
- DASSINGER, JANETDirectorarm's length
- VANSICKLE, MICHAELDirector & Treasurerarm's length
- HOPKINS, JEFFDIRECTORarm's length
- VAN KLEEF, ANGELLEDIRECTORarm'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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