About Us
Charity Science is a Canadian registered charitable foundation, under the legal name “Charity Science Foundation of Canada”, Charitable Registration Number 80963 6236 RR0001 and as a Society under the British Columbia Society's Act, Incorporation Number S0062950. Our full information can be found at the Canada Revenue Agency's website.
Charity Science also has registration as a Dutch Public Benefit Organisation with Dutch Fiscal Number(RSIN): 8257.32.621.
Charity Science Constitution:
"The objectives of this Association shall be to financially support organizations that are qualified donees. Charity Science will be operated without purpose of gain for its members. Any profits or other assets of the organization will be used solely to promote its objectives."
Charity Science also has registration as a Dutch Public Benefit Organisation with Dutch Fiscal Number(RSIN): 8257.32.621.
Charity Science Constitution:
"The objectives of this Association shall be to financially support organizations that are qualified donees. Charity Science will be operated without purpose of gain for its members. Any profits or other assets of the organization will be used solely to promote its objectives."
Our Team
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Joey Savoie, President
Joey is a co-founder of Charity Science. In the past he has worked, volunteered and interned for other effective altruist organizations including Giving What We Can, Animal Charity Evaluators and Leverage Research. Before finding effective altruism, he worked for other nonprofits focused around education reform. Joey is the President of the board and leads our hiring and training and prioritization of fundraising experiments.
Historically he initiated and coordinated a randomized controlled trial and worked in several measurement and evaluation focused organizations. |
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Katherine Savoie, Chief Executive Director
Katherine is a co-founder of Charity Science. She has worked for various nonprofits including 80,000 Hours, Animal Charity Evaluators and Leverage Research. She previously worked in sales, taking her department from its opening stages to being the best in its class in the province.
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Jake Peters, Operations & Technical Officer
Jake works on the logistics of granting, operations tasks, as well as managing expenditures and accounting. He also manages the information technology needs of the organization.
Before joining the Charity Science team, Jake had extensive experience in project management, and software development. |
How does tax deductibility work?
Charity Science is registered and tax deductible in Canada. Charity Science coordinates with international foundations to allow Canadians to donate to a wide range of effective charities while still getting tax deductions.
What fees are involved with donating?
There's a standard PayPal processing fee (2.2%) for all online donations. Cheques avoid this fee. Because of this we suggest making larger donations by cheque.
Charity Science does not charge any fees or use any money donated for our outreach unless it is donated specifically for that purpose. If an unrestricted donation is made, it will be given to one or more of our proven charities based on their current needs.
Charity Science does not charge any fees or use any money donated for our outreach unless it is donated specifically for that purpose. If an unrestricted donation is made, it will be given to one or more of our proven charities based on their current needs.
What is Charity Science’s yearly budget?
We publish full details on our spending. Our costs are very low due to our staff voluntarily working for low wages as a donation to the organisation, with the original team taking only minimalist living expenses.
Charity Science's Financial Statements for the year ending March 31, 2018.
Charity Science's Financial Statements for the year ending March 31, 2018.
What is Charity Science's legal and mailing address?
Charity Science Foundation of Canada
1001 - 5068 Kwantlen Street,
Richmond, BC V6X4K2
Canada
1001 - 5068 Kwantlen Street,
Richmond, BC V6X4K2
Canada
Who are Charity Science's Governing Officials
Charity Science is governed by a Board of Directors comprising a minimum of three and a maximum of 11 individuals. The current board is comprised of:
Joey Savoie - President
Katherine Savoie - CEO, Secretary and Treasurer
Peter Hurford - Vice Chairmen
Anonymous - Director at large
Anonymous - Director at large
In line with Charity Science's bylaws:
"Director These Bylaws do not permit the Society to pay to a director remuneration for being a director, but the Society may, subject to the Act, pay remuneration to a director for services provided by the director to the Society in another capacity."
Joey Savoie - President
Katherine Savoie - CEO, Secretary and Treasurer
Peter Hurford - Vice Chairmen
Anonymous - Director at large
Anonymous - Director at large
In line with Charity Science's bylaws:
"Director These Bylaws do not permit the Society to pay to a director remuneration for being a director, but the Society may, subject to the Act, pay remuneration to a director for services provided by the director to the Society in another capacity."
Remuneration
In line with Charity Science's bylaws:
"Director These Bylaws do not permit the Society to pay to a director remuneration for being a director, but the Society may, subject to the Act, pay remuneration to a director for services provided by the director to the Society in another capacity."
We pay our management and our employees fair wages, that are in line with the industry and with our policies of an NGO working for a better world. In practice this means that we don’t pay extreme high salaries and we don’t pay high bonuses to management and employees.
Note: in 2015 all gross salaries were between € 2.500,- and € 6.200,- a month.
"Director These Bylaws do not permit the Society to pay to a director remuneration for being a director, but the Society may, subject to the Act, pay remuneration to a director for services provided by the director to the Society in another capacity."
We pay our management and our employees fair wages, that are in line with the industry and with our policies of an NGO working for a better world. In practice this means that we don’t pay extreme high salaries and we don’t pay high bonuses to management and employees.
Note: in 2015 all gross salaries were between € 2.500,- and € 6.200,- a month.
Dissolution
Although we hope this will not be required at any time, in accordance with Canadian Revenue Agency policies, should Charity Science be dissolved, all funds will be paid to a qualified donee or donees (a Canadian-registered charity or charities).
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I want more information
If you want more legal information you can email contact@charityscience.com. If you have any questions about top charities, check out our learn more page. If you any have questions about Charity Science’s budget, future plans, board meetings or operations details, check out our operations blog. We work hard to be as transparent as possible.