A.s.t.c. Science World Society

It spent $1,443,578 more than it took in, drawing down the difference. Neither is good or bad on its own — charities hold reserves, run capital campaigns, and spend down endowments, and the return does not say which.

• Charitable programs78.6%
• Management and administration14.9%
• Fundraising6.4%
• Not allocated to a line0.0%

The reported lines do not add up to the total. The difference is spending the charity did not assign to any of them — the CRA return treats these lines as optional components of the total, not as a complete breakdown of it.

A.s.t.c. Science World Society reported spending 78.6% of its expenditure on charitable programs. Among the 2,199 charities registered under arts that reported the same line for 2024, the middle of the range is 83.3%, and this charity sits at the 42th percentile — below 58% of them.

That is a position in a distribution, not a verdict. Charities allocate costs differently on the same form, and a lower share often reflects how a return was filled in rather than how the money was spent. The cohort counts only charities that reported this line — about a quarter of the register does not, and they are not in the comparison at all.

Canadian charities report how many of their ten highest-paid positions fall in each pay band. Not who they are, and not what any one person earns — the return does not collect that, and it cannot be worked out from what follows.

• 1$80,000–119,999
• 4$120,000–159,999
• 2$160,000–199,999
• 1$200,000–249,999
• 1$250,000–299,999
• 1$350,000 and over

10 positions reported in total.