The Society for the Advancement of Young Scientists
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 886216811RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,275) as filed with the CRA.
The Society for the Advancement of Young Scientists is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $34K in revenue and $33K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 17% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
In its own words
Our mandate is to advance science education (among the youth of the area) by conducting a regional science fair at which students may present their research and interact with local professionals. This was the first in-person fair since the pandemic began and attracted some 60 exhibits (approx. 80 students). Seven exhibitors were funded to attend the Canada Wide Science Fair in Edmonton in May and one former student attended an international science fair. We had an excellent cohort of volunteer judges whose interaction with the students was excellent. They were this was also supported by o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34K | $33K | $33K | — | $0 | $66K |
| 2023 | $22K | $30K | $30K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $20K | $14K | — | — | — | $74K |
| 2021 | $9,653 | $13K | $13K | — | — | $85K |
| 2020 | $23K | $14K | $14K | — | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Society for the Advancement of Young Scientists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886216811RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.