RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs)
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
93%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 93 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs):
RAVEN is a 4-star rated charity with an above-average results reporting score. It is financially transparent and has overhead costs within Ci’s reasonable range.
Founded in 2006, RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) raises funds to help Indigenous people defend their legal rights and fight for climate protection. Through its campaigns, RAVEN aims to establish environmental justice for all. The charity’s main office is in Victoria, British Columbia.
RAVEN enters into partnership agreements with Indigenous Nations, after which it collaborates with the Nation to run a fundraising campaign. As part of the campaign, the charity engages in public education, events, and partnerships with local organisations and businesses. The money raised is held in a trust and disbursed to law firms at the discretion of the Indigenous Nation partners.
In F2021, RAVEN engaged in four new campaigns. The charity also hosted six new webinars and developed its Home on Native Land project, a public education project with ten online learning modules.
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Results and Impact
Beaver Lake Cree Nation has filed a constitutional challenge against industrial development and tar sands mines in its territory. They are the first community to challenge the environmental, social, and cultural impacts of industrial development. RAVEN helped Beaver Lake Cree Nation to apply for Advance Costs. Alberta appealed the Advance Cost ruling, but the Nation fought the appeal to the Supreme Court. In 2022, the victory at the Supreme Court level helped enshrine the right to justice for all Nations. This case is still ongoing.
RAVEN also supported four Indigenous groups in a court case against a proposed Petronas LNG facility on Lelu Island that would have negatively affected the wild salmon in the region. The court case ended in victory for the Indigenous Nations and a cancellation of the proposal.
In 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the plan to protect the majority of the Peel Watershed region in northern Yukon. RAVEN helped fund the final leg of this court case.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of RAVEN’s results and impact. This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
RAVEN received $2.3m in Canadian donations in F2021. It also received $407k in international donations, representing 15% of total revenues.
Administrative costs are 4% of revenues and fundraising costs are 3% of Canadian donations. This results in total overhead spending of 7%. For every dollar donated, 93 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
RAVEN has reserve funds of $2.4m which can cover almost one year and three months of annual program costs.
According to its annual filing with the CRA, in F2021, RAVEN paid external fundraisers $28k. These external fundraisers raised $715k in donations. This means it costs RAVEN $0.04 to raise $1 using external fundraisers.
Charity Intelligence has sent this profile to RAVEN for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 8, 2023 by Kiara Andrade.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
|
2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Total overhead spending | 7.0% | 5.1% | 5.3% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 120.6% | 110.8% | 81.6% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 2,285,835 | 2,108,372 | 1,331,818 |
| International donations | 407,256 | 73,493 | 444,178 |
| Government funding | 0 | 67,357 | 0 |
| Business activities (net) | 1,506 | 1,783 | 1,696 |
| Other income | 10,413 | 16,528 | 16,202 |
| Total revenues | 2,705,010 | 2,267,533 | 1,793,894 |
| Program costs | 2,017,126 | 1,518,488 | 1,354,573 |
| Administrative costs | 112,803 | 83,212 | 76,444 |
| Fundraising costs | 65,443 | 31,057 | 14,192 |
| Total spending | 2,195,372 | 1,632,757 | 1,445,209 |
| Cash flow from operations | 509,638 | 634,776 | 348,685 |
| Capital spending | 2,683 | 3,838 | 0 |
| Funding reserves | 2,433,125 | 1,682,928 | 1,105,944 |
Note: Ci reported international donations from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA and removed these amounts from Canadian donations. To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted for deferred revenues, affecting revenues by $125k in F2021, ($250k) in F2020, and $250k in F2019. Ci reported program, administration, and fundraising costs from the charity’s T3010. Ci removed amortization from program, administrative, and fundraising costs on a pro-rata basis.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
1 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2021
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