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Transparency

Financial transparency is one of our core values - that's why we post our yearly expenditures and show exactly where donations go--to our own projects or to other charities furthering our mission.

2024

Startup year | $0 in expenditures/admin costs

2025
DONATIONS RECEIVED

Fundraiser (Jun 8): $580.05

Fundraiser (Jul 18): $300

Fundraiser (Jul 20): $360

Fundraiser (Aug 9): $315.60

Donations (Aug 9): $250

Fundraiser (Aug 24): $300

Donation (Sept 13): $200

Donation (Sept 13): $5

Donation (Sept 21): $14.15

Additional Donation: $5

YEARLY EXPENDITURE

Total expenditure for all programs:

$2,025

OUR OWN PROGRAMS

Pollinator Garden Program

​Expenditure: $25
 

(We received plant, soil & tool donations which lowered the cost)

PROGRAM SPENDING

Nature/Habitat Protection, Preservation & Conservation: $1,050

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Food Circularity & Preventing Food Waste: $250

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Indigenous Food Forests: $200

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Environmental Justice, Pollinators, Plastic Reduction & Climate Change:

$500

OTHER CHARITIES

Charity 1: Amazon Rainforest Conservancy (ARC)

Amount donated: $500

Charity description: Restoring rainforest (cut down to be pasture) by planting native trees and plants.

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Charity 2: The Orangutan Project

Amount donated: $500

Charity description: Protecting critical, mature rainforest endangered orangutan habitat in Sumatra, Indonesia.​

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Charity 3: Ancient Forest Alliance

Amount donated: $50

Charity description: Protects endangered old-growth forests in British Columbia

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Charity 4: Friends of the Earth

Amount donated: $500

Charity description: Works on Canadian eco justice, plastic pollution, climate change and protecting pollinators.

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Charity 5: Second Harvest

Amount donated: $250

Charity description: Recovers fresh, unsold food to protect the environment & provide immediate hunger relief.

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​Charity 6: Kinvia Indigenous

Amount donated: $200

Charity description: Creates sustainable food forests for Canadian Indigenous peoples.​​

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

Legal Registration: $155

+ Name search: $15.59

Website: $102.60

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Total: $273.19

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How did we cover admin costs?:

Registration: fundraised through event in 2024

Name search cost: funded by private donor*

Website cost: funded by private donor*

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*Private donors generously covered these costs, so all money fundraised/donated directly to the nonprofit will be spent on our programs.

Please note, admin costs will be highest in our first operating year

2026
DONATIONS RECEIVED

Donation (Apr 19): $50

Donation (May 12): $100

Donation (May 23): $60

Fundraiser (Jun 7): $761.65

Fundraiser (Jul 19): $200

YEARLY EXPENDITURE

Total expenditure for all programs:

$

OUR OWN PROGRAMS

Program

​Expenditure: $

PROGRAM SPENDING

Nature/Habitat Protection, Preservation & Conservation: $

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Food Circularity & Preventing Food Waste: $

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Indigenous Food Forests: $​

2026 will be updated in Nov 2026

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We're a small, community-based nonprofit so your donation is REALLY helpful.

We don't have any employees, don't have a fundraising budget, and try to keep admin costs very low so as much of your donation as possible goes to the charitable cause.

Even if you can just donate $5, your donation goes a long way.

It means a lot to us that you want to support our work to create a better planet for all.

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