Stephen Lewis Foundation
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✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
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B+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
Fair
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.
71%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 71 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Stephen Lewis Foundation:
Stephen Lewis Foundation is a 3-star charity with fair demonstrated impact. It has a B+ Results Reporting grade, which is above average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 71 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci's reasonable range.
Founded in 2003, Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) works with local organizations to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS in 15 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. SLF partners with organizations led by community members. The charity states that Africa is home to 67% people living with HIV worldwide. In 2022, 4.5 million people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa were not receiving HIV treatment. An additional 1.8 million people were receiving treatment but were not virally suppressed. AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stephen Lewis Foundation has five main programs: Grandmothers, Orphans/Vulnerable Children, Support for People Living with HIV and AIDS, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, and LGBTIQ Partners in Pride. SLF spent $6.5m on its programs in F2023. The charity’s most recent annual report is from F2022.
SLF spent 36% of its program costs on its Grandmothers program. Stephen Lewis Foundation’s partners, led by local grandmothers, provide healthcare, grief counselling, parenting assistance, leadership training, income generation, and policy change. 65% of SLF’s partners support economic empowerment. In F2022, SLF partners supported 3,938 grandmothers to be involved in local governance, community awareness, and advocacy initiatives. The charity’s work in climate change adaptation reached 5,019 grandmothers in F2022.
SLF spent 30% of its program costs on Orphans and Vulnerable Children. SLF partners deliver HIV prevention, treatment, and care to help youth stay healthy. Of the estimated 39 million people living with HIV, nearly 3 million are children under 19 years of age. Almost 14 million children under 18 have lost one or both parents to AIDS-related illnesses. In F2022, SLF partners helped 8,732 orphaned and vulnerable children complete primary or secondary education. 65% of children identified as female.
SLF spent 13% of program costs on Support for People Living with HIV and AIDS. SLF partners provide treatment, counselling, and general support to HIV-positive people. 61,163 people accessed voluntary counselling and testing services provided by partners. 60% of which were female.
SLF spent 9% of program costs on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls. SLF states that women and girls accounted for 63% of all new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa. Among adolescents, HIV prevalence is three times higher among girls than boys. SLF partners help females enact their right to take control of their reproductive health, prevent HIV transmission, and live free from violence. In F2022, 155,326 women and adolescent girls were educated about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. The charity’s partners also taught 31,948 people about the importance of educating girls.
SLF spent 8% of program costs on Partners in Pride. SLF states that discrimination against LGBTIQ communities creates challenging barriers to health and social services. Stephen Lewis Foundation’s partners provide healthcare, counselling, and legal and economic support for LGBTIQ communities. In F2022, SLF partners created a centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo for LGBTIQ people to safely meet and learn about HIV, AIDS, and STIs. SLF partners taught 83,718 community leaders and decision-makers about human rights for people living with HIV and LGBTIQ individuals.
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Results and Impact
SLF’s advocacy work with Grandmothers in Uganda resulted in the Special Enterprise Grant for Older Persons. This grant, enacted in 2022, provides income-generating activities for people aged 60-79 years.
SLF’s expanded access to treatment has decreased new HIV infections by 57% since 2010. The charity also states the amount of AIDS-related deaths is declining.
Charity Intelligence highlights these key results. They may not be a complete representation of SLF's results.
Charity Intelligence has given Stephen Lewis Foundation a Fair impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Fair
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Finances
Stephen Lewis Foundation received $9.0m in donations in F2023. SLF spent $6.5m on its programs, which is 69% of revenue. The charity recorded a surplus of $246k, which is 3% of revenue.
Administrative costs are 8% of revenue (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 21% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 71 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.
Stephen Lewis Foundation has $3.1m in reserve funds, of which $215k is donor endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, the charity’s reserves can cover 44% or five months of its annual program costs.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Stephen Lewis Foundation for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on June 21, 2024 by Liam Chapleau.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending June
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 7.6% | 8.1% | 6.5% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 21.3% | 20.9% | 14.3% |
| Total overhead spending | 28.9% | 29.0% | 20.8% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 43.9% | 32.8% | 50.4% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 9,039 | 9,008 | 9,908 |
| International donations | 255 | 271 | 483 |
| Government funding | 0 | 119 | 563 |
| Investment income | 61 | 14 | 20 |
| Total revenues | 9,355 | 9,412 | 10,974 |
| Program costs - International | 4,571 | 6,445 | 6,481 |
| Program costs - Canada | 1,906 | 1,625 | 1,359 |
| Administrative costs | 705 | 758 | 712 |
| Fundraising costs | 1,927 | 1,881 | 1,418 |
| Total spending | 9,110 | 10,709 | 9,970 |
| Cash flow from operations | 246 | (1,297) | 1,005 |
| Capital spending | 14 | 9 | 14 |
| Funding reserves | 3,051 | 2,860 | 4,162 |
Note: 1:USE OF T3010: Ci used the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA to report international donations, affecting Canadian donations by ($255k) in F2023, ($271k) in F2022, and ($483k) in F2021. Ci used the charity’s T3010 to reconcile international program costs and removed the amount from Canadian program costs. 2.AMORTIZATION: Ci removed amortization from fundraising, administrative, and Canadian program costs on a pro-rata basis.
Salary Information
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Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
The following comment is from a previous profile. Additional comments may be forthcoming.
The Stephen Lewis Foundation partners with community-based organizations that are working on the frontlines of the HIV & AIDS epidemic in Africa. Many of these organizations were originally formed by small groups of individuals responding to the crisis AIDS had wrought in their own lives and in the lives of their neighbours, and have developed over the years into thriving local institutions. All of our partners have deep connections with their communities, and operate their programmes with the assistance of extensive networks of community volunteers. Through our partnerships, the Foundation has been supporting people in the African countries hit hardest by AIDS to design and implement their own solutions to the multiple devastations, losses and challenges inflicted by the epidemic.
Our partners’ work is holistic and people-centered. Community-based organizations are helping to deliver life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medication and healthcare, but they are also doing so much more. The task they have set for themselves goes far beyond tackling the medical aspect of the epidemic. Their programming aims, ultimately, to restore hope, dignity and possibility to individuals and their communities, so that they can begin to move forward again with their lives.
This approach makes all the difference in the world. To HIV positive children, who not only receive medication, but also benefit from community care, counseling, music and play therapy, educational assistance, and peer support. To teenage girls, who have new opportunities to stay in school, get better protection against exploitation and violence, and are joining with the youth in their communities to challenge discriminatory and dangerous ideas about sexuality and male control over women. To grandmothers, who finally have help in their struggle to raise a generation orphaned by AIDS, are now seeing hope for their grandchildren’s futures, and are gaining greater respect and protection for their rights. And to the people living with HIV & AIDS, who are regaining their strength, rebuilding their lives, and working together with their governments to ensure that the promise of ‘treatment for all’ becomes a reality.
SLF partnerships are enabling immediate investments in service delivery to translate, over time, into more substantial, longer-term benefits for people and their communities. Immediate needs are met through SLF support to help cope with crisis: entry into treatment, entry into school, adequate nutrition, removal from violent situations, adequate housing, and counseling and therapy. Once those needs are met, further investment is made to help individuals and communities regroup and rebuild, in areas such as income generation, medical care, and positive living. And particular attention is paid to psychological and emotional well-being, and the bonds that connect people—nurturing relationships within families, creating social networks through child, youth, and granny groups, or community organizations.
With this comprehensive support, stability begins to return. Children stay in school, HIV positive people stay on treatment, family units function, and small but reliable incomes are produced. Ultimately, there are signs that people have recuperated to the extent that they have regained their self-determination and can take active control over their own lives. Children graduate from school and start working, women become community leaders, and local groups engage with their governments to claim their rights.
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