Charity Efficiency based on CCRA Tax Returns for Year 2000
The week of Nov 11, 2002 the Toronto Star ran a series on Charities 
and their efficiency in getting donation into charitable work.   There are
growing concerns that so called fund raising companies are taking 
a major share of contributions.  The Star used Govt of Canada CCRA (tax) 
annual reports to determine the % of money that actually went to charitable 
Good works.  Some of the figures below are from the 
Star article and others are taken directly from the CCRA web site. 
The particular charities below are listed only because they were either  
mentioned by the Star or are charities which I have donated to
in the past or are charities that have solicited donations here.
For other charities see : CCRA Link
Spent on
Charity Total Donor Good Works
Cause Dollars Spent Index
($millions) ($millions)
Care Cda 100 103 97.1%
War Amps 24.9 26.7 93.3%
Salvation Army Southern Ont 3.7 4 92.5%
Tansley United Church 0.197 0.215 91.6%
Canadian Paraplegic Association (Toronto) 8.867 9.858 89.9%
World Wildlife Fund Cda Fdn 11.2 12.6 88.9%
Heart and Stroke Fdn 12.6 14.4 87.5%
Cdn Nat Inst for the Blind 17.6 20.4 86.3%
Cdn Red Cross 195.3 226.9 86.1%
United Way of Greater Toronto 54.5 64.9 84.0%
Cdn Cancer Soc 43 53 81.1%
Variety Village 2.45 3.12 78.5%
Cdn Cystic Fibrosis Fdn 8.1 10.4 77.9%
Covenant House Toronto 9.8 12.7 77.2%
Prostat Cancer Research 1.3 1.7 76.5%
Barrhaven United Church 0.14 0.186 75.3%
Arthritis Society 10.7 14.6 73.3%
Ont Soc for the Prev of Cruelty to Animals 6.5 9.8 66.3%
Cancer Research 5 7.6 65.8%
Juvenile Diabetes Research Fdn 7.8 11.9 65.5%
Cdn Hearing Soc 12.1 18.5 65.4%
Cdn Liver Fdn 4.7 7.3 64.4%
Alzheimers Soc of Ontario 3.6 5.6 64.3%
Watchdog groups recommend that at least 60%
of a charity's expenditures should go to good works
Cdn Federation of the Disabled 0.266 0.46 57.8%
Harvest House Ministries of Ottawa Carlton 0.93 1.758 52.9%
Kidney Fdn of Cda 10.3 19.2 53.6%
Cdn Breast Cancer Fdn 4.4 8.3 53.0%
Multiple Sclerosis Soc of Cda 11 21 52.4%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Soc of Cda 0.93 1.78 52.2%
Leukemia Research Fund of Cda 1.2 2.4 50.0%
Muscular Dystrophy 2.7 5.9 45.8%
Parkinson Soc Cda 1.6 3.7 43.2%
Reach for the Rainbow 0.757 2.132 35.5%
Aladdin Children's Charity * 0.692 2.1 33.0%
Cdn Diabetes Assoc 18.6 57.6 32.3%
National Children's Burn Soc * 0.319 1 31.9%
A Child's Voice Foundation * 0.0878 0.373 23.5%
Garden of Missing Children * 0.2896 1.6 18.1%
Child Cybersearch * 0.321 1.8 17.8%
Glaucoma and Vision Impairment Soc * 0.061983 0.622 10.0%
Canadian Association for the Blind * 0.010912 1.5 0.7%
National Soc for Abused Women and Children * 0.001375 0.9 0.2%
Notes:
* Data based on the 3 most recent financial reports filed by 
the charity to the federal government as reported by the Toronto Star Nov 13, 2002
Other data from the CCRA web site which lists data from 2000 tax return of the charity
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  $3,455,697 $3,455,697
  $921,226 $921,226
122 $1,054,269 $4,376,923
123 $2,687,904
124  
125 $148,377
126 $8,267,473